foir

See also: foïr and fóir

Irish

Verb

foir (present analytic foireann, future analytic foirfidh, verbal noun foiriúint, past participle foirthe)

1. Ulster form of oir (“suit, fit, become”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of foir (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	foiriúint
past participle	foirthe
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	foirim	foireann tú; foirir†	foireann sé, sí	foirimid	foireann sibh	foireann siad; foirid†	a fhoireann; a fhoireas / a bhfoireann*	foirtear
past	d'fhoir mé; d'fhoireas / fhoir mé‡; fhoireas‡	d'fhoir tú; d'fhoiris / fhoir tú; fhoiris‡	d'fhoir sé, sí / fhoir sé, sí‡	d'fhoireamar; d'fhoir muid / fhoireamar; fhoir muid‡	d'fhoir sibh; d'fhoireabhair / fhoir sibh; fhoireabhair‡	d'fhoir siad; d'fhoireadar / fhoir siad; fhoireadar‡	a d'fhoir / ar fhoir*	foireadh
past habitual	d'fhoirinn / fhoirinn‡; bhfoirinn‡‡	d'fhoirteá / fhoirteá‡; bhfoirteᇇ	d'fhoireadh sé, sí / fhoireadh sé, sí‡; bhfoireadh sé, s퇇	d'fhoirimis; d'fhoireadh muid / fhoirimis; fhoireadh muid‡; bhfoirimis‡‡; bhfoireadh muid‡‡	d'fhoireadh sibh / fhoireadh sibh‡; bhfoireadh sibh‡‡	d'fhoiridís; d'fhoireadh siad / fhoiridís; fhoireadh siad‡; bhfoiridís‡‡; bhfoireadh siad‡‡	a d'fhoireadh / a bhfoireadh*	d'fhoirtí / fhoirtí‡; bhfoirt퇇
future	foirfidh mé; foirfead	foirfidh tú; foirfir†	foirfidh sé, sí	foirfimid; foirfidh muid	foirfidh sibh	foirfidh siad; foirfid†	a fhoirfidh; a fhoirfeas / a bhfoirfidh*	foirfear
conditional	d'fhoirfinn / fhoirfinn‡; bhfoirfinn‡‡	d'fhoirfeá / fhoirfeá‡; bhfoirfeᇇ	d'fhoirfeadh sé, sí / fhoirfeadh sé, sí‡; bhfoirfeadh sé, s퇇	d'fhoirfimis; d'fhoirfeadh muid / fhoirfimis‡; fhoirfeadh muid‡; bhfoirfimis‡‡; bhfoirfeadh muid‡‡	d'fhoirfeadh sibh / fhoirfeadh sibh‡; bhfoirfeadh sibh‡‡	d'fhoirfidís; d'fhoirfeadh siad / fhoirfidís‡; fhoirfeadh siad‡; bhfoirfidís‡‡; bhfoirfeadh siad‡‡	a d'fhoirfeadh / a bhfoirfeadh*	d'fhoirfí / fhoirfí‡; bhfoirf퇇
subjunctive
present	go bhfoire mé; go bhfoiread†	go bhfoire tú; go bhfoirir†	go bhfoire sé, sí	go bhfoirimid; go bhfoire muid	go bhfoire sibh	go bhfoire siad; go bhfoirid†	—	go bhfoirtear
past	dá bhfoirinn	dá bhfoirteá	dá bhfoireadh sé, sí	dá bhfoirimis; dá bhfoireadh muid	dá bhfoireadh sibh	dá bhfoiridís; dá bhfoireadh siad	—	dá bhfoirtí
imperative
–	foirim	foir	foireadh sé, sí	foirimis	foirigí; foiridh†	foiridís	—	foirtear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of foir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foir	fhoir	bhfoir

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “foir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin fodiō.

Alternative forms

• fouir, foïr

Verb

foir

1. (transitive) to dig

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). This verb has a stressed present stem fue distinct from the unstressed stem fo, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of foir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		foir			avoir foï
gerund		en foant, foïssant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		foant, foïssant
past participle		foï
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	fue, foïs	fues, foïs	fuet, foïst	foons, foïssons	foez, foïssez	fueent, foïssent
	imperfect	fooie, foeie, foïssoie, foïsseie	fooies, foeies, foïssoies, foïsseies	fooit, foeit, foïssoit, foïsseit	foïiens, foïens, foïssiiens, foïssiens	foïiez, foïez, foïssiiez, foïssiez	fooient, foeient, foïssoient, foïsseient
	preterite	foï	foïs	foï	foïmes	foïstes	foïrent
	future	forrai, foïrai	forras, foïras	forra, foïra	forrons, foïrons	forroiz, forreiz, forrez, foïroiz, foïreiz, foïrez	forront, foïront
	conditional	forroie, forreie, foïroie, foïreie	forroies, forreies, foïroies, foïreies	forroit, forreit, foïroit, foïreit	forriiens, forriens, foïriiens, foïriens	forriiez, forriez, foïriiez, foïriez	forroient, forreient, foïroient, foïreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	fuee, foïsse	fuees, foïsses	fuee, foïsse	foons, foïssons	foez, foïssez	fueent, foïssent
	imperfect	foïsse	foïsses	foïst	foïssons, foïssiens	foïssoiz, foïssez, foïssiez	foïssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	fue, foïs	—	foons, foïssons	foez, foïssez	—

Descendants

• French: fouir

Etymology 2

see fuir

Verb

foir

1. alternative form of fuïr

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of foir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		foir			avoir foï, fuï
gerund		en fuiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		fuiant
past participle		foï, fuï
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	fui	fuis	fuit	fuions	fuiiez	fuient
	imperfect	fuioie, fuieie	fuioies, fuieies	fuioit, fuieit	fuiiiens, fuiiens	fuiiiez, fuiiez	fuioient, fuieient
	preterite	foï, fuï	foïs, fuïs	foï, fuï	foïmes, fuïmes	foïstes, fuïstes	foïrent, fuïrent
	future	fuirai	fuiras	fuira	fuirons	fuiroiz, fuireiz, fuirez	fuiront
	conditional	fuiroie, fuireie	fuiroies, fuireies	fuiroit, fuireit	fuiriiens, fuiriens	fuiriiez, fuiriez	fuiroient, fuireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	fuie	fuies	fuie	fuiiens, fuions	fuiiez	fuient
	imperfect	foïsse, fuïsse	foïsses, fuïsses	foïst, fuïst	foïssons, foïssiens, fuïssons, fuïssiens	foïssoiz, foïssez, foïssiez, fuïssoiz, fuïssez, fuïssiez	foïssent, fuïssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	fui	—	fuions	fuiiez	—

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fair

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸoɾʲ/

Pronoun

foir (emphatic foirsom or foirsem)

1. third-person singular masculine/neuter accusative of for