forcraid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸerkrets, with a change to the i-stems.

Noun

forcraid n

excess

Inflection

Neuter i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	forcraid^N	—	—
vocative	forcraid^N	—	—
accusative	forcraid^N	—	—
genitive	forcraideo^H, forcraidea^H	—	—
dative	forcraid^L	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: forcraid

Mutation

Mutation of *forcraid*
radical	lenition	nasalization
forcraid	ḟorcraid	forcraid pronounced with /β̃-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forcraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language