fóesam
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Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *uɸosistamus, from *uɸo- + *sistamus. Cognate to Middle Welsh gwaesaf. Equivalent to fo- + sessam.
Noun
[edit]fóesam m (genitive fóesma)
- verbal noun of fo·sisedar: protection
- Colmán's Hymn, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, p. 306, line 53
- For foísam ríg na ndúle, comairche nachan·[m]éra!
- [May we be] under the safeguard of the King of the elements, a protection which will not betray us!
- Colmán's Hymn, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, p. 306, line 53
Usage notes
[edit]This verbal noun is not interchangeable with foísitiu, which is used to refer to confessions only.
Inflection
[edit]Masculine u-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | fóesam | — | — |
Vocative | fóesam | — | — |
Accusative | fóesamN | — | — |
Genitive | fóesmoH, fóesmaH | — | — |
Dative | fóesamL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
fóesam | ḟóesam | fóesam pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáes(s)am”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language