forbrissi

Old Irish

Etymology

From for- +‎ brisid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸorˈbʲrʲisʲi]

Verb

for·bris(s)i (verbal noun forbris(s)iud)

  1. to rout (completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat)
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 67b24
      Inna c{h}enél fo·rrorbris, fos·roammámigestar dïa molad ⁊ dïa adrad.
      The peoples whom he has routed, he has subjugated them to his praise and to his worship.

Inflection

Complex, class A II present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut.
prot.
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut. for·bristea
prot.
perfect deut. fo·rrorbris (with irregular prefixation of ro-)
prot.
future deut. for·brisfither
prot. ·forbrisbedar
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot.
past subjunctive deut. fortan·bristis (with infixed pronoun dan-) for·brissitis
prot.
imperative
verbal noun forbrisiud, forbrissiud
past participle forbriste
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Irish: forbhriseadh (from the verbal noun)

Mutation

Mutation of for·brissi
radical lenition nasalization
for·brissi for·brissi
pronounced with /βʲ-/		 for·mbrissi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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