fofera

Old Irish

Etymology

From fo- + feraid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [foˈfʲera]

Verb

fo·fera (prototonic ·furea, verbal noun fuar)

  1. to prepare, to provide
  2. to cause, to produce, bring about
    Synonyms: ar·áili, do·áirci, im·folngai

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fofera.

Usage notes

Relative forms of this verb often takes the infixed direct object pronoun d- (it) in an anticipatory function when the direct object is explicit,[1] for example:

is ed in sin fod·era in n‑erigimthat is what causes the complaint (literally, “that is what causes it the complaint”)

Note that d- in the above example does not actually agree with erigem (complaint), as the pronoun is masculine or neuter but the noun is feminine.

Inflection

Descendants

  • Irish: faoi deara (from infixed fod·era, rebracketed as fo dera)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
fo·fera fo·ḟera fo·fera
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, page 146

Further reading

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