forcenna

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Old Irish

Etymology

From forcenn +‎ -aid.

Pronunciation

Verb

for·cenna (conjunct ·foircnea, verbal noun forcenn)

  1. to end, to put an end to, to bring to an end
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 73d7
      Ná eiplet húan bás coitchen húa n‑epil cách, acht foircniter húa sain-bás sech cách.
      Let them not die by the common death by which everyone dies, but let them be ended by a special death different from everyone.
  2. to exterminate, kill
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 102a15
      Itius anúas ⁊ dus·claid anís; air ní foircnea in fíni hithe neich di anúas, amal du·ngní int aís sechmaill as·mbeir-som .i. air is cuit adaill ad·n-ellat-sidi in fíni du thabairt neich doib dia thorud.
      They eat it from above and he roots it up from below; for it does not exterminate the vine to eat of anything of it from above, as do the passers-by whom he speaks of, i.e. for it is only a passing visit that they make to the vine to take something for themselves of its fruit.

Inflection

Complex, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. for·cenna for·cennatar
prot. ·foircnea ·foircnithaer ·foircniter
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. foda·rorcenn (with infixed pronoun da-) for·ruchénsat forrum·chennad (with infixed pronoun m-)
prot. ·rrufoircneda
future deut. for·ceinfiter
prot. ·foircnibea
conditional deut. for·ceinnfitis
prot.
present subjunctive deut. for·cenna
prot. ·foircnea
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative foircniter
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Irish: foirceann

Mutation

Mutation of forcenna
radical lenition nasalization
for·cenna for·chenna for·cenna
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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