fercaigidir

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ferg +‎ -igidir

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈɸʲerɡɨɣʲiðʲirʲ]

Verb[edit]

fercaigidir (conjunct ·fercaigethar)

  1. to be or become angry
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 20b13
      Ní fú indidit a·tá irascemini sunt .i. irascemini fercaigthe-si, acht is fo imchomarc a·tá.
      It is not in affirmation that irascemini is here, i.e. irascemini you pl are angry, but it is in interrogation.

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: feargaigh
  • Scottish Gaelic: feargaich

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fercaigidir ḟercaigidir fercaigidir
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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