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arfoím

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From ar- +‎ fo- +‎ Proto-Celtic *emeti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [arˈɸoːi̯β̃ʲ]

Verb

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ar·foím (conjunct ·eroím)

  1. to accept, to receive
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6d14
      Ar is dó arroi·éit-sa gratiam do precept do chách.
      For it is for it that I have received grace, to preach to every one.
  2. to accept, to agree

Inflection

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Mutation

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Mutation of arfoím
radical lenition nasalization
ar·foím ar·ḟoím ar·foím
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.

Further reading

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