formuinethar

Old Irish

FWOTD – 15 September 2023

Etymology

From for- +‎ muinethar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸorˈmunʲeθar]

Verb

for·muinethar (verbal noun format)

  1. to envy
    • c. 8th or 9th century, Codex Laurentinus, Plut. XLV, Cod. 14, s. X, folio 6b, glossing Virgil's Eclogues 3:103:
      far·muinethar
      fascinat (envies)
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19d27, (glossing aemulantur vobis at Galatians 4:17)
      nob·éttigetar .i. seodoapostoli .i. fordob·moinetar, ní ar bar seirc
      they are jealous of you i.e. the pseudo-apostles i.e. they envy you, it is not for love of you
    • 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. 17b16
      a for·ménatar
      when they envied

Conjugation

Complex, class B II present, reduplicated preterite, deponent
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. far·muinethar
prot. for·moinetar
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot. for·ménatar
perfect deut.
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot.
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun format
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of for·muinethar
radical lenition nasalization
for·muinethar
also for·mmuinethar
for·muinethar
pronounced with /β̃-/
for·muinethar
also for·mmuinethar

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

References