fortacht

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fortacht, verbal noun of for·tét (to help), from Proto-Celtic *uɸortixtā.

Pronunciation

Noun

fortacht f (genitive singular fortachta)

  1. verbal noun of fortaigh
    Synonym: fortú
  2. aid, succour; relief, comfort

Declension

Declension of fortacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative fortacht
vocative a fhortacht
genitive fortachta
dative fortacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fhortacht
genitive na fortachta
dative leis an bhfortacht
don fhortacht

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fortacht
radical lenition eclipsis
fortacht fhortacht bhfortacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸortixtā. By surface analysis, for- +‎ techt.

Pronunciation

Noun

fortacht f (genitive fortachtae or fortachtan)

  1. verbal noun of for·tét
  2. help, aid

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fortachtL
Vocative fortachtL
Accusative fortachtN
Genitive fortachtaeH
Dative fortachtL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Feminine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fortacht
Vocative fortacht
Accusative fortachtainN
Genitive fortachton, fortachtan
Dative fortachtainL, fortachtL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

  • 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. 14d17
    coní·árim-se peccad libsi uili, ꝉ ara·tart-sa fortacht dúibsi, arnap trom fuirib for n‑oínur
    so that I may not count sin with you all, or so that I may give you aid lest it be heavy on you by yourselves
  • 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. 40b8
    cach la céin aisndís dïa thrógai, in céin n-aili aisṅdís dind ḟortacht du·rat Día dó ⁊ indas dund·rét
    at the one time a statement of his misery, at another time a statement of the help that God has given him and how he has protected him

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: fortacht, furtacht

Mutation

Mutation of fortacht
radical lenition nasalization
fortacht ḟortacht fortacht
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