Old Irish

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Etymology

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fortacht +‎ -igid

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɸor͈taxtɨɣʲiðʲ]

Verb

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fortachtaigid (conjunct ·fortachtaiged(ar))

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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. 25c5
      Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine[dar] ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.
      It is made clear that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutation of fortachtaigid
radical lenition nasalization
fortachtaigid ḟortachtaigid fortachtaigid
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.