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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)
- verbal noun of fortaigh
- Synonym: fortú
- aid, succour; relief, comfort
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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fortacht
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fhortacht
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bhfortacht
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fortacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fortacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *uɸortixtā. By surface analysis, for- + techt.
Pronunciation
Noun
fortacht f (genitive fortachtae or fortachtan)
- verbal noun of for·tét
- help, aid
Declension
Feminine ā-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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fortachtL
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Vocative
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fortachtL
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Accusative
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fortachtN
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Genitive
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fortachtaeH
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Dative
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fortachtL
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Feminine n-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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fortacht
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Vocative
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fortacht
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Accusative
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fortachtainN
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Genitive
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fortachton, fortachtan
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Dative
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fortachtainL, fortachtL
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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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
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Lenition |
Nasalization
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fortacht
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ḟortacht
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fortacht pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading