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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *uɸo-gar-os, from *uɸo- (“under, sub-”) and the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“to call”) (compare gairid (“to call”) and Welsh gair (“word”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
fogur m (genitive foguir or fogair or fogir, nominative plural foguir or fogair or fogir)
- a sound
- 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. 12c22
Ro·cluinethar cách in fogur et níɔ·fitir cid as·beir.- Everyone hears the sound and doesn't know what he says.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 7a7
- in fogur glosses sonum
Declension
Masculine o-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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fogur, fogor, fugur
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fogurL, fogor, fugur
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foguirL, fogair, fogir
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Vocative
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foguir, fogair, fogir
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fogurL, fogor, fugur
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fogru?H
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Accusative
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fogurN, fogor, fugur
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fogurL, fogor, fugur
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fogru?H
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Genitive
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foguirL, fogair, fogir
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fogur, fogor, fugur
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fogurN, fogor, fugur
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Dative
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fogurL, fogor, fugur
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fograib?
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fograib?
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of fogur
radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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fogur
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ḟogur
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fogur pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
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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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