foirmtech

Old Irish

FWOTD – 26 August 2017

Alternative forms

• formtech

Etymology

format +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸoɾʲ.mʲd̠ʲəx/
  • (Blasse) [ˈɸoɾʲ.mʲd̠ʲex]
  • (Griffith) [ˈɸoɾʲ.mʲd̠ʲəx]

Adjective

foirmtech

1. envious
   • c. 9th century, Pangur Bán:

     Ní foirmtech frimm Pangur Bán: caraid cesin a maccdán.

     Not envious of me is Pangur Bán: he himself loves his childish art.

Declension

o/ā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	foirmtech	foirmtech	foirmtech
vocative	foirmtig* foirmtech**
accusative	foirmtech	foirmtig
genitive	foirmtig	foirmtige	foirmtig
dative	foirmtiuch	foirmtig	foirmtiuch
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	foirmtig	foirmtecha
vocative	foirmtechu foirmtecha†
accusative	foirmtechu foirmtecha†
genitive	foirmtech
dative	foirmtechaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

• formtigid

Descendants

• Irish: formadach
• Scottish Gaelic: farmadach

Mutation

Mutation of foirmtech

radical	lenition	nasalization
foirmtech	ḟoirmtech	foirmtech 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), “formtech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language