feraid

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish feraid, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to heed).[1]

Verb

feraid (conjunct ·fera, verbal noun ferthain)

  1. to grant
  2. to supply, to provide
    • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
      Ro·ferad failte friu uile, ocus ructha chuci-sium isin mbruidin.
      They were all made welcome and brought to him in the hall.
      (literally, “A welcome was provided to them all…”)

Inflection

  • Passive singular perfect deuterotonic: ro·ferad

Descendants

  • Irish: fear (to grant)

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
feraidḟeraidferaid
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 517–18

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

Pedersen connects it with Old High German (gi)werēn (modern German gewähren), which is from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to heed).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲeriðʲ/

Verb

feraid (conjunct ·fera)

  1. to grant
  2. to supply, to provide
    ferais fáilte friswelcomed him (literally, “provided a welcome to him”)
  3. to pour, to shower, to shed (precipitation)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
feraid ḟeraid feraid
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 517–18

Further reading

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