fuirech

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸoreigom. Contains the prefix fo-.

Attested in the Senchas Már.

Noun

fuirech n

verbal noun of fo·rig: delay

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	fuirech^N	—	—
vocative	fuirech^N	—	—
accusative	fuirech^N	—	—
genitive	fuirig^L	—	—
dative	fuiriuch^L	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

Middle Irish: fuirech
- Irish: fuireach
- Scottish Gaelic: fuireach

Mutation

Mutation of *fuirech*
radical	lenition	nasalization
fuirech	ḟuirech	fuirech 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), “fuirech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language