forcain

Old Irish

Etymology

From for- +‎ canaid.

Pronunciation

Deuterotonic:

• IPA^(key): /ɸoɾˈkanʲ/

Prototonic:

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸoɾ.kənʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈɸoɾ.kɪnʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈɸoɾ.kɨnʲ]

Verb

for·cain (prototonic ·forcain, verbal noun forcital)

1. to teach, to instruct

For quotations using this term, see Citations:forcain.

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, a future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.	for·canim, for·cun		for·cain			for·canat	for·canar	for·cantar
	prot.			·forcain
imperfect indicative	deut.	for·canainn
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.	for·roíchan	for·roíchan	for·roíchain (misspelled for·rochain in Ml. 68b8)			for·roichechnatar
	prot.
future	deut.	for·cechan	for·cechnae	for·cechna
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.		for·cane	for·cana		for·canit
	prot.	·farcan	·forcane				·farcanat
past subjunctive	deut.	for·canainn
	prot.
imperative				forcanad		forcanid
verbal noun		forcital
past participle		foircthe
verbal of necessity		foircthi; forcanti

Mutation

Deuterotonic

Mutation of for·cain

radical	lenition	nasalization
for·cain	for·chain	for·cain pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

Prototonic

Mutation of ·forcain

radical	lenition	nasalization
·forcain	·ḟorcain	·forcain 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), “forcain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913), Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 480