fescor

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vesper, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲeskor/

Noun

fescor m

1. evening, eventide, vespers
2. (figuratively) end, decline, wane

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fescor	—	—
Vocative	fescuir	—	—
Accusative	fescorN	—	—
Genitive	fescuirL	—	—
Dative	fescorL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: feascar
• Manx: fastyr
• Scottish Gaelic: feasgar

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fescor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language