focren

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸokʷrinati (from *uɸo- + *kʷrinati); compare Welsh gobryn (“to deserve”) (and gobr (“reward, payment”, noun) from a corresponding noun form). By surface analysis, fo- +‎ crenaid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸoˈkren]

Verb

fo·cren (verbal noun fochricc)

1. to buy, to purchase
2. to hire

Inflection

Complex, class B IV present, a subjunctive

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	deut.
	prot.
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.							fo·crethther
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		fochricc, fochraic
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of focren

radical	lenition	nasalization
fo·cren	fo·chren	fo·cren pronounced with /-ɡ(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), “focren”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 497