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Old Irish
Etymology
From for- + con·oí.
Pronunciation
Verb
for·comai (prototonic ·forcmi)
- to preserve
- 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. 9a22 (Wikisource link)
Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.- Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two characters in those consonants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.
Conjugation
Complex, class A III present, s preterite, a subjunctive
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of forcomai
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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| for·comai
|
for·chomai
|
for·comai
pronounced with /-ɡ(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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