fortaigh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fortaigid, furtaigid (helps, succours), a late form of Old Irish for·tét (the verbal noun of which is fortacht).

Verb

fortaigh (present analytic fortaíonn, future analytic fortóidh, verbal noun fortacht, past participle fortaithe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) aid, succour; relieve, comfort

Conjugation

  • Alternative verbal noun: fortú

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fortaigh fhortaigh bhfortaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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