fóesam

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸosistamus, from *uɸo- +‎ *sistamus. Cognate to Middle Welsh gwaesaf. Equivalent to fo- +‎ sessam.

Noun

fóesam m (genitive fóesma)

  1. verbal noun of fo·sisedar: protection
    • Colmán's Hymn, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, p. 306, line 53
      For foísam ríg na ndúle, comairche nachan·éra!
      under the safeguard of the King of the elements, a protection which will not betray us!

Usage notes

This verbal noun is not interchangeable with foísitiu, which is used to refer to confessions only.

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative fóesam — —
vocative fóesam — —
accusative fóesamN — —
genitive fóesmoH, fóesmaH — —
dative fóesamL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: fáesam

Mutation

Mutation of fóesam
radical lenition nasalization
fóesam ḟóesam fóesam
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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