féchem

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Old Irish

Etymology

fíach (“debt”) +‎ -em

Pronunciation

Noun

féchem m (genitive fécheman, nominative plural féchemain)

  1. debtor
    • 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. 32a21
      at féchem dom et da·lugub són
      you sg are a debtor to me and I will forgive that

Declension

Masculine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative féchem féchemainL féchemain
Vocative féchem féchemainL féchemnaH
Accusative féchemainN féchemainL féchemnaH
Genitive féchemon, fécheman féchemon, féchemanL féchemon, féchemanN
Dative féchemainL, féchemL féchemnaib féchemnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of féchem
radical lenition nasalization
féchem ḟéchem féchem
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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