fuine

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

fuine f or n

  1. verbal noun of fo·noí: cooking, roasting, baking
    • c. 700–1200 Táin Bó Cúailnge, from the Lebor na hUídre, LU 4948
      Co n-accai in fer ocond fulucht i mmedón ind feda, indara lám dó cona gaisciud inti, ind lám n-aill oc funi in tuircc.
      saw a man at a cooking-pit in the middle of the forest, with one hand holding his weapons, the other hand roasting a pig.

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fuineL — —
Vocative fuineL — —
Accusative fuiniN — —
Genitive fuine — —
Dative fuiniL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fuineN — —
Vocative fuineN — —
Accusative fuineN — —
Genitive fuiniL — —
Dative fuiniuL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of fuine
radical lenition nasalization
fuine ḟuine fuine
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.

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