fochid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

fochaid, fochith

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸosaɡetis, verbal noun of *uɸo-sagyeti (whence fo·saig). The /x/ comes from earlier */-hɣ-/, from */-haɣ-/ by syncope, from */-saɡ-/ by lenition.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfoxiðʲ/

Noun

fochid f (genitive fochatho)

verbal noun of fo·saig
(frequently in the plural) tribulation, trouble, sorrow, suffering
- 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. 23c7
  Ní hed a méit non·chretid-si act fo·daimid fochidi airi.
  Not only do you pl believe it, but you endure sufferings for it.

Declension

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fochid, fochith, fochaid	fochid^L, fochith, fochaid	fochidi^H, fochaidi
Vocative	fochid, fochith, fochaid	fochid^L, fochith, fochaid	fochidi^H, fochaidi
Accusative	fochid^N, fochith, fochaid	fochid^L, fochith, fochaid	fochidi^H, fochaidi
Genitive	fochodo^H, fochoda^H, fochatho, focheda, fothodo	fochodo^H, fochoda^H, fochatho, focheda, fothodo	fochide^N, fochaide
Dative	fochid^L, fochith, fochaid, fochuid	fochidib^N	fochidib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: fochaidh

Mutation

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