fúasnad

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Old Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ uss- +‎ anad.

Noun

fúasnad m (genitive fúasnada)

  1. verbal noun of fo·fúasna: disturbance, perturbation
    • 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. 2d5
      .i. is fuasnad dut menmain-siu tuisled ho ermaissiu firinne trí mrechtrad na tintathach.
      It is a disturbance to your sg mind to fail to reach the truth on account of the variation of the interpreters.
    • 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. 77d4
      .i. imme·folṅgi fuasnad ⁊ todernam
      i.e. which causes perturbation and hurt.

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fúasnad fúasnadL fúasnadae
Vocative fúasnad fúasnadL fúasnadu
Accusative fúasnadN fúasnadL fúasnadu
Genitive fúasnadoH, fúasnadaH fúasnado, fúasnada fúasnadaeN
Dative fúasnadL fúasnadaib fúasnadaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: fuasnadh, fuaiscneamh

Mutation

Mutation of fúasnad
radical lenition nasalization
fúasnad ḟúasnad fúasnad
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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