foreith

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸoreteti (to help) (compare Welsh gwared), a calque of Latin succurrō. By surface analysis, fo- + reithid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foˈr͈ʲeθʲ/

Verb

fo·reith

  1. to help, to aid, to succour
    Synonyms: for·tét, con·gní, cobraithir
    • c. 700–800 Táin Bó Cúailnge, published in Táin Bó Cúailnge. Recension I (1976, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Cecile O'Rahilly, TBC-I 223
      Luid Fergus didiu fordul mór fadess co fórsed do Ultaib terchomrac slóig.
      Fergus went out of his way to the south in order to aid [by buying time] the Ulstermen gathering their army.
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Ep. 405; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Ar écnairc ind ríg-sa fris·n-agar a nnúall-sa, fa·rith asint sním-sa, in pauperán trúag-sa!
      For the sake of the king to whom this cry was made, help him out of this sadness, this wretched pauper!

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
also fo·rreith
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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