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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *uɸokliyom (“north”), a derivative of *kliyos (“left”) (whence clé (“left”), hence synchronically analyzable as fo- + clé). Cognate with Welsh gogledd (“north”). In Matasović's words, "the development from ‘left’ to ‘north’ lies in the fact that the north is on the left side when one is facing the east (the rising sun)."[1]
Noun
fochlae n (genitive fochlai)
- the north (especially of Ireland)
- Antonym: faitse
- seat of honor
Inflection
| Neuter io-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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fochlaeN
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fochlaeL
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fochlaeL
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| Vocative
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fochlaeN
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fochlaeL
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fochlaeL
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| Accusative
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fochlaeN
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fochlaeL
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fochlaeL
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| Genitive
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fochlaiL
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fochlaeL
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fochlaeN
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| Dative
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fochluL
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fochlaib
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fochlaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| fochlae
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ḟochlae
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fochlae
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović, Zagreb, page 41
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