foreith

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸoreteti (to help) (compare Welsh gwared), a calque of Latin succurrō. By surface analysis, fo- +‎ reithid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸoˈr͈ʲeθʲ]

Verb

fo·reith

  1. to help, to aid, to succour
    Synonyms: for·tét, con·gní, cobraithir
    • c. 700–800 Táin Bó Cúailnge, published in Táin Bó Cúailnge. Recension I (1976, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Cecile O'Rahilly, TBC-I 223
      Luid Fergus didiu fordul mór fadess co fórsed do Ultaib terchomrac slóig.
      Fergus went out of his way to the south in order to aid [by buying time] the Ulstermen gathering their army.
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Ep. 405; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Ar écnairc ind ríg-sa fris·n-agar a nnúall-sa, fa·rith asint sním-sa, in pauperán trúag-sa!
      For the sake of the king to whom this cry was made, help him out of this sadness, this wretched pauper!

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, á preterite, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. fo·riuth fo·reith fo·rethat
prot.
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut. fu·rráith
prot. ·faráith
perfect deut. fo·roraid, fu·rroraith
prot.
future deut. fum·ré (with infixed pronoun m-)
prot. ·farrésat
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot. ·foír
past subjunctive deut.
prot. ·fórsed
imperative fa·rith (with infixed pronoun a-)
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of fo·reith
radical lenition nasalization
fo·reith
also fo·rreith
fo·reith
pronounced with /ɾʲ-/
fo·reith
also fo·rreith

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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