focren

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸokʷrinati (from *uɸo- + *kʷrinati); compare Welsh gobryn (“to deserve”) (and gobr (“reward, payment”, noun) from a corresponding noun form). By surface analysis, fo- +‎ crenaid.

Pronunciation

Verb

fo·cren (verbal noun fochricc)

  1. to buy, to purchase
  2. to hire

Inflection

Complex, class B IV present, a subjunctive
1st sg. 2nd sg. 3rd sg. 1st pl. 2nd pl. 3rd pl. Passive sg. Passive pl.
Present indicative Deut.
Prot.
Imperfect indicative Deut.
Prot.
Preterite Deut.
Prot.
Perfect Deut.
Prot.
Future Deut.
Prot.
Conditional Deut.
Prot.
Present subjunctive Deut. fo·crethther
Prot.
Past subjunctive Deut.
Prot.
Imperative
Verbal noun fochricc, fochraic
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of focren
radical lenition nasalization
fo·cren fo·chren fo·cren
pronounced with /-ɡ(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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