foirbthe

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

Participle

foirbthe

  1. past participle of for·fen

Adjective

foirbthe

  1. perfect
    • 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. 14a8
      Níba cuit adíll ⁊ cucuibsi, acht ainfa lib, ar nídad foirbthi-si; it foirbthi immurgu Macidonii.
      It will not be merely a passing visit to you pl, but I will remain with you, for you are not perfect; the Macedonians, however, are perfect.
    • 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. 27a24
      Nachib·mided .i. nachib·berar i smachtu rechta fetarlicce, inna ndig et a mbíad, inna llíthu et a ssapati, act bad foirbthe far n‑iress.
      Let him not judge you, i.e. do not be borne into the institutions of the Law of the Old Testament, into their drink and their food, into their festivals and their sabbaths; but let your faith be perfect.

Declension

io/iā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative foirbthe foirbthe foirbthe
Vocative foirbthi
Accusative foirbthe foirbthi
Genitive foirbthi foirbthe foirbthi
Dative foirbthiu foirbthi foirbthiu
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative foirbthi foirbthi
Vocative foirbthi
foirbthiu*
Accusative foirbthi
foirbthiu*
Genitive foirbthe
Dative foirbthib
Notes * when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: foirfe
  • Scottish Gaelic: foirfe

Mutation

Mutation of foirbthe
radical lenition nasalization
foirbthe ḟoirbthe foirbthe
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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