foigde

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word foigde. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word foigde, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say foigde in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word foigde you have here. The definition of the word foigde will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition offoigde, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Old Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ guide.

Pronunciation

Noun

foigde f

  1. verbal noun of fo·guid: begging
    • 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. 25c19
      .i. in n-áis déed caras foigdi cáich.
      i.e. the lazy folk that love to beg of everyone.
    • 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. 31b23
      leiscc .i. fri fognam, gréssich foigde na pronn.
      sluggish, i.e. at service, constant in begging for dinners.

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative foigdeL foigdiL foigdi
Vocative foigdeL foigdiL foigdi
Accusative foigdiN foigdiL foigdi
Genitive foigde foigdeL foigdeN
Dative foigdiL foigdib foigdib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of foigde
radical lenition nasalization
foigde ḟoigde foigde
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.

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia