féchem
Old Irish
Etymology
fíach (“debt”) + -em
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʲeːxʲeṽ/
Noun
féchem m (genitive fécheman, nominative plural féchemain)
- debtor
- 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. 32a21
- at féchem dom et da·lugub són
- you sg are a debtor to me and I will forgive that
- 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. 32a21
Declension
| Masculine n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | féchem | féchemainL | féchemain |
| Vocative | féchem | féchemainL | féchemna |
| Accusative | féchemainN | féchemainL | féchemna |
| Genitive | féchemon, fécheman | féchemonL, fécheman | féchemonN, fécheman |
| Dative | féchemainN, féchemN | féchemnaib | féchemnaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| féchem | ḟéchem | féchem pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “féchem” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.