fofera

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From fo- +‎ feraid.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fo·fera (prototonic ·furea, verbal noun fuar)

  1. to prepare, to provide
  2. to cause, to produce, bring about
    Synonyms: ar·áili, do·áirci, im·folngai

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fofera.

Usage notes

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Relative forms of this verb often takes the infixed direct object pronoun d- (it) in an anticipatory function when the direct object is explicit,[1] for example:

is ed in sin fod·era in n‑erigimthat is what causes the complaint (literally, “that is what causes it the complaint”)

Note that d- in the above example does not actually agree with erigem (complaint), as the pronoun is masculine or neuter but the noun is feminine.

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Irish: faoi deara (from infixed fod·era, rebracketed as fo dera)

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fo·fera fo·ḟera fo·fera
pronounced with /-β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 146

Further reading

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