fochricc

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fochraic

Etymology

From fo- +‎ creicc. The final velar in the verbal nouns of crenaid and its derivatives comes from being contaminated by ícc (“payment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸoxrəɡʲ/, [ˈɸoxrɨɡʲ]

Noun

fochricc f (genitive fochricce, nominative plural fochricci)

1. verbal noun of fo·cren
2. reward
   • 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. 10^d23

     Mad ar lóg pridcha-sa, .i. ar m’étiuth et mo thoschith, ním·bia fochricc dar hési mo precepte.

     If I preach for pay, that is, for my clothing and my sustenance, I shall not have a reward for my teaching.

   • 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. 10^c21

     Ba torad sa⟨í⟩thir dúun in chrud so ce du·melmis cech túari et ce du·gnemmis a ndu·gníat ar céli, act ní bad nertad na mbráithre et frescsiu fochricce as móo.

     It would be a fruit of labor for us in this way if we consumed every food and if we did what our fellows do, but it would not be a strengthening of the brothers and a hope of a greater reward.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	fochriccL	fochriccL	fochricciH
vocative	fochriccL	fochriccL	fochricciH
accusative	fochriccN	fochriccL	fochricciH
genitive	fochricceH	fochricceL	fochricceN
dative	fochriccL	fochriccib	fochriccib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• fochrach
• fochricnet
• terḟochraic

Descendants

• Irish: fochraig

Mutation

Mutation of fochricc

radical	lenition	nasalization
fochricc	ḟochricc	fochricc 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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fochraic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language