dufúairc

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From to- +‎ fo- +‎ orcaid (“strike down, kill, slay”).

Verb

du·fúairc (verbal noun túarcun)

  1. to grind, crush

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, t preterite, s future, s subjunctive
1st sg. 2nd sg. 3rd sg. 1st pl. 2nd pl. 3rd pl. Passive sg. Passive pl.
Present indicative Deut. du·fúairc; do·fúaircc du·fúargat do·fuarcar
Prot.
Imperfect indicative Deut. do·fuaircitis
Prot.
Preterite Deut. do·fúart
Prot. ·túart
Perfect Deut. do·comart do·comartatar du·comart
Prot.
Future Deut. du·fiurr du·furr (Thurneysen reads du·fiir)
Prot.
Conditional Deut.
Prot.
Present subjunctive Deut. du·fuarr; du·comarr (com-form) du·fuarraid
Prot.
Past subjunctive Deut.
Prot. ·tuarrad ·tuartis
Imperative tuargatar
Verbal noun túarcun
Past participle túartae
Verbal of necessity túarti

Mutation

Mutation of dufúairc
radical lenition nasalization
du·fúairc du·ḟúairc du·fúairc
pronounced with /-β(ʲ)-/

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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