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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *uɸoreteti (“to help”) (compare Welsh gwared), a calque of Latin succurrō. By surface analysis, fo- + reithid.
Pronunciation
Verb
fo·reith
- to help, to aid, to succour
- Synonyms: for·tét, con·gní, cobraithir
- c. 700–800 Táin Bó Cúailnge, published in Táin Bó Cúailnge. Recension I (1976, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Cecile O'Rahilly, TBC-I 223
Luid Fergus didiu fordul mór fadess co fórsed do Ultaib terchomrac slóig.- Fergus went out of his way to the south in order to aid the Ulstermen gathering their army.
c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Ep. 405; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:Ar écnairc ind ríg-sa fris·n-agar a nnúall-sa, fa·rith asint sním-sa, in pauperán trúag-sa!- For the sake of the king to whom this cry was made, help him out of this sadness, this wretched pauper!
Inflection
Complex, class B I present, á preterite, s future, s subjunctive
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fo·riuth
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fo·reith
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fo·rethat
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fu·rráith
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·faráith
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fo·roraid, fu·rroraith
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fum·ré (with infixed pronoun m-)
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·farrésat
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·foír
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·fórsed
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fa·rith (with infixed pronoun a-)
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Mutation
Mutation of foreith
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nasalization
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fo·reith
also fo·rreith
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fo·reith
pronounced with /-r(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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