forcenn

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From for- +‎ cenn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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forcenn n

  1. end
    • 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. 59b2
      “Ní a forcenn ru·ṡuidigsiur-sa”, ol Dauid.
      “It is not the end that I have set”, says David.
    • 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. 91a21
      Is hé forcan du·rat-som forsna mmórchol du·rigénsat a námait fris, díltud remdéicsen Dǽ desom, húare nád tarat dígail forsnahí du·rigénsat in⟨na⟩hísin frissium.
      It is the end that he has put on the great sins that his enemies have committed against him, the denial of God’s providence for him, because he has not punished those who have done those things to him.
      (literally, “…he has not put punishment on those who have done…”)

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative forcennN forcennN forcennL, forcenna
Vocative forcennN forcennN forcennL, forcenna
Accusative forcennN forcennN forcennL, forcenna
Genitive foircinnL, foirchinn forcenn forcennN
Dative forcunnL, foirciunnL forcennaib forcennaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: foirceann

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
forcenn ḟorcenn forcenn
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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