foich

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Brythonic; see Proto-Brythonic *gwüxī for more information.

Noun

foich f (genitive focha, nominative plural foichi)

  1. wasp
  2. cankerworm

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative foich foichL foichiH
Vocative foich foichL foichiH
Accusative foichN foichL foichiH
Genitive fochoH, fochaH fochoH, fochaH foicheN
Dative foichL foichib foichib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: foich
    • Irish: foich (cankerworm)

Mutation

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

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