fúachaid

Old Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸuːa̯.xəðʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈɸuːa̯.xɪðʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈɸuːa̯.xɨðʲ]

Verb

fúachaid

1. to sharpen, to hone (figuratively: of vision)

Inflection

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	abs.	fúachimm		fúachaid
	conj.	·fúachimm		·fúacha		·fúachaid
	rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite	abs.			fúachais
	conj.		·fúachais	·fúach
	rel.
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.	fúacha		fúachaid
	conj.	·fúach		·fúacha		·fúachaid
	rel.
past subjunctive
imperative			fúach			fúachaid
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of fúachaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
fúachaid	ḟúachaid	fúachaid 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), “fúachaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language