forcenn

Old Irish

Alternative forms

forcan

Etymology

From for- +‎ cenn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɸor(ʲ)kʲen͈]

Noun

forcenn n

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- 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. 59^b2
  “Ní a forcenn ru·ṡuidigsiur-sa”, ol Dauid.
  “It is not the end that I have set”, says David.
- 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. 91^a21
  Is hé forcan du·rat-som forsna mmórchol du·rigénsat a námait fris, díltud remdéicsen Dǽ desom, húare nád tarat dígail forsnahí du·rigénsat in⟨na⟩hísin frissium.
  It is the end that he has put on the great sins that his enemies have committed against him, the denial of God’s providence for him, because he has not punished those who have done those things to him.
  (literally, “…he has not put punishment on those who have done…”)

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	forcenn^N	forcenn^N	forcenn^L, forcenna
vocative	forcenn^N	forcenn^N	forcenn^L, forcenna
accusative	forcenn^N	forcenn^N	forcenn^L, forcenna
genitive	foircinn^L, foirchinn	forcenn	forcenn^N
dative	forcunn^L, foirciunn^L	forcennaib	forcennaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

for·cenna

Descendants

Irish: foirceann

Mutation

Mutation of *forcenn*
radical	lenition	nasalization
forcenn	ḟorcenn	forcenn pronounced with /β̃-/

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forcenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language