fechtnach
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfʲextnax]
Adjective
fechtnach
- prosperous
- 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. 134d3
- Ɔ·riris-siu .i. ar·troídfe{a}-siu inna droch daíni, a Dǽ, dia n‑anduch, air is fechtnach a n‑andach mani erthroítar húa Día.
- You will bind, i.e. you will restrain the evil people, O God, from their iniquity, for their iniquity is prosperous if they are not restrained by God.
- 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. 134d3
Declension
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | fechtnach | fechtnach | fechtnach |
| Vocative | fechtnaig* fechtnach** | ||
| Accusative | fechtnach | fechtnaig | |
| Genitive | fechtnaig | fechtnaige | fechtnaig |
| Dative | fechtnach | fechtnaig | fechtnach |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | fechtnaig | fechtnacha | |
| Vocative | fechtnachu fechtnacha† | ||
| Accusative | fechtnachu fechtnacha† | ||
| Genitive | fechtnach | ||
| Dative | fechtnachaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Descendants
- Irish: feachtnach
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fechtnach | ḟechtnach | fechtnach pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fechtnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language