foraithminedar

Old Irish

Etymology

From for- +‎ aith- +‎ ·muinethar; but in the relative and when an infixed pronoun is used, it behaves as if it were fo- + ro- + ·muinethar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸorˈaθʲmʲinʲeðar]

Verb

for·aithminedar (verbal noun foraithmet)

1. to remember
   • 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. 25^c5

     Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine⟨dar⟩ ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.

     It is made clear that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it

Conjugation

Complex, class B II present, reduplicated and s preterite, a subjunctive, deponent

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.			for·aithminedar; foda·raithminedar (with infixed pronoun da-)			for·aithmenatar	for·aithmenter, for·aithmentar
	Prot.
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.
	Prot.			·foraithmenair
Perfect	Deut.			ru·foraithmenair			fo·ruraithminset
	Prot.
Future	Deut.
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.
Past subjunctive	Deut.		for·aithminte
	Prot.
Imperative
Verbal noun		foraithmet
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of foraithminedar

radical	lenition	nasalization
for·aithminedar (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	for·n-aithminedar

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), “for·aithminedar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language