frescisiu

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• frescissiu, frescsiu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲrʲesʲ.kʲə.sʲu/, [ˈɸʲrʲesʲkʲisʲu]

Noun

frescisiu f (genitive friscissen, no plural)

1. verbal noun of fris·acci
2. hope
   • 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. 10^c21

     Ba torad sa⟨í⟩thir dúun in chrud so ce du·melmis cech túari et ce du·gnemmis a ndu·gníat ar céli, act ní bad nertad na mbráithre et frescsiu fochricce as móo.

     It would be a fruit of labor for us in this way if we consumed every food and if we did what our fellows do, but it would not be a strengthening of the brothers and a hope of a greater reward.

3. expectation
   • 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. 38^a13

     hó erchellad· ꝉ. hó mí-imbirt .i. hó thogaís .i. ním·thorgaíth mo ḟrescissiu

     by deprivation or by fraud i.e. by deceit i.e. my expectation has not deceived me

   • 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. 97^d10

     Is peccad díabul lesom .i. fodord doïb di dommatu, ⁊ du·fúairthed ní leu fora sáith din main, ⁊ todlugud inna féulæ ɔ amairis nánda·tibérad Día doïb, ⁊ nach coímnacuir ⁊ is sí dano insin ind ḟrescissiu co fochaid.

     It is a double sin in his opinion, i.e. the murmuring by them of want, although there remained some of the manna with them upon their satiety, and demanding the meat with faithlessness that God would not give it to them, and [even] that he could not; therefore that is the expectation with testing.

Inflection

Feminine n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	frescisiu	—	—
Vocative	frescisiu	—	—
Accusative	frescissinN	—	—
Genitive	friscissen	—	—
Dative	frescissinL, frescisiuL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of frescisiu

radical	lenition	nasalization
frescisiu	ḟrescisiu	frescisiu 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.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frescisiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language