fomuinethar

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fo·moinethar

Etymology

From fo- +‎ ·muinethar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸoˈmunʲeθar]

Verb

fo·muinethar (verbal noun foimtiu) (transitive)

1. to take heed (of)
   • 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. 28^c9

     Fo·mentar mo rígtin-se; mos riccub-sa.

     May you take heed of my arrival; I shall arrive soon.

   • 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. 33^a15

     Fomnid-si, a phopul nuiednissi, ar ce dud·rónath ní di maith fri maccu Israhél…

     Take heed, O people of the New Testament, for although some good has been done to the children of Israel…

2. to be on one's guard against, beware of

Conjugation

Complex, class B II present, a subjunctive, deponent

		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·mentar			fo·menaid	fu·mmenatar
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative			fomnae			fomnid
verbal noun		foimtiu
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of fomuinethar

radical	lenition	nasalization
fo·muinethar also fo·mmuinethar	fo·muinethar pronounced with /-β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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), “fo-moinethar”, 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, § 782.3, page 581