fescor

Old Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros

From Proto-Celtic *weskʷeros (compare Middle Welsh ucher),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (compare Latin vesper and Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɸʲeskor]

Noun

fescor m

  1. evening, eventide, vespers
  2. (figuratively) end, decline, wane

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative fescor — —
vocative fescuir — —
accusative fescorN — —
genitive fescuirL — —
dative fescorL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: feascar
  • Manx: fastyr
  • Scottish Gaelic: feasgar

Mutation

Mutation of fescor
radical lenition nasalization
fescor ḟescor fescor
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*weskʷero-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 416

Further reading

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