focul

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Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Once thought to be a loanword from Latin vocābulum (“appellation, designation”), but more likely a native word from Proto-Celtic *woxtlom (compare Welsh gwaethl (“argument”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷtlom (compare Sanskrit वक्त्र (vaktrá, “mouth”)), from *wekʷ- (“to speak”).[1] The older theory was defended in the print edition of Matasović’s dictionary,[2] but the online Addenda et Corrigenda reflect the newer theory.[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

focul n or m

  1. word

Inflection[edit]

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative foculN foculN foculL, focula
Vocative foculN foculN foculL, focula
Accusative foculN foculN foculL, focula
Genitive focuilL focul foculN
Dative foculL foculaib foculaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: focal
  • Manx: fockle
  • Scottish Gaelic: facal

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
focul ḟocul focul
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. ^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic, Maynooth: Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, →ISBN, page 70.
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović‎[1], Zagreb, page 43

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

focul

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of foc
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