follus

Old Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under-”) +‎ solus (“bright, clear”).^[1] For ṡl > ll compare coll (“hazel”), fuillechtae (past participle of fo·slig (“to smear”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɸo.l͈us]

Adjective

follus (superlative faillsem)

clear, evident
- 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. 32^a2
  Arimp follus et ara·ngaba cách desimrecht de.
  So that it may be clear and that everyone may take example from it.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 74^d7
  Is follus rund·gabsat t'erchoilti-siu indiumsa isindí arndam·roichlis-se hua bás.
  It is clear that Your determinations are in me, in that You have guarded me from death.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 59^a11
  Is follus inna n-inni-som inne inna n-anmmann húa·taat.
  Apparent in their meaning is the meaning of the nouns from which they are [derived].

Inflection

u-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	follus	follus	follus
Vocative	follus	follus
Accusative	follus	follais
Genitive	follais	foilse	follais
Dative	follus	follais	follus
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	foilsi	foilsi
Vocative	foilsi
Accusative	foilsi
Genitive	*
Dative	foilsib
Notes	*not attested in Old Irish; same as nominative singular masculine in Middle Irish

Descendants

Middle Irish: follus
- Irish: follas

Mutation

Mutation of *follus*
radical	lenition	nasalization
follus	ḟollus	follus 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.

References

^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 358, page 227; reprinted 2017