dofortai

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dí- +‎ Proto-Celtic *wortīti, from Proto-Indo-European *wortéyeti, a causative formation from *wert- (to turn).[1]

Verb[edit]

do·fortai (prototonic ·dortai)

  1. to pour (out)
  2. to spill

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: dóirtid

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
do·fortai do·ḟortai do·fortai
pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Le Mair, Esther (2011 September 30) Secondary Verbs in Old Irish: A comparative-historical study of patterns of verbal derivation in the Old Irish Glosses, Galway: National University of Ireland, page 200

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