frecndairc
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- frecdairc, frecndaircc, frecndirc, frecndircc, frecnarc
Etymology
From frith- + com- + Proto-Celtic *derk- (“to see”) (whence ad·condairc), from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʲrʲekn͈dirʲkʲ/
Adjective
frecndairc
- present (pertaining to the current time)
- present (in the immediate vicinity)
- 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. 9b4
- amal nonda frecṅdircc-sa
- as I am present
- 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. 9b4
Declension
| i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | frecndairc | frecndairc | frecndairc |
| Vocative | frecndairc | ||
| Accusative | frecndairc | frecndairc | |
| Genitive | frecndairc | frecndairce | frecndairc |
| Dative | frecndairc | frecndairc | frecndairc |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | frecndairci | frecndairci | |
| Vocative | frecndairci | ||
| Accusative | frecndairci | ||
| Genitive | frecndairc* frecndairce | ||
| Dative | frecndaircib | ||
| Notes | *not when substantivized | ||
Descendants
- Irish: freacnairc
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| frecndairc | ḟrecndairc | frecndairc pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “1 frecnairc, frecndairc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.