fochid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Goidelic *woh(a)ɣeθih, from Proto-Celtic *uɸosagetis, verbal noun of *uɸo-sagyeti (whence fo·saig).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɸoxɨðʲ]

Noun

fochid f (genitive fochatho, nominative plural fochidi)

  1. verbal noun of fo·saig
  2. testing, trying
  3. (frequently in the plural) tribulation, trouble, sorrow, suffering

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fochid.

Declension

Feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative fochid, fochith, fochaid fochidL, fochith, fochaid fochidiH, fochaidiH
vocative fochid, fochith, fochaid fochidL, fochith, fochaid fochidiH, fochaidiH
accusative fochidN, fochith, fochaid fochidL, fochith, fochaid fochidiH, fochaidiH
genitive fochodoH, fochodaH, fochatho, focheda, fothodo fochodoH, fochodaH, fochatho, focheda, fothodo fochideN, fochaideN
dative fochidL, fochith, fochaid, fochuid fochidib fochidib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: fochaidh

Mutation

Mutation of fochid
radical lenition nasalization
fochid ḟochid fochid
pronounced with /β̃-/

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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