fomuinethar

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Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From fo- +‎ ·muinethar.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

fo·muinethar (verbal noun foimtiu) (transitive)

  1. to take heed of
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28c9
      Fo·mentar mo rígtin-se; mos riccub-sa.
      May you take heed of my arrival; I shall arrive soon.
  2. to be on one's guard against, beware of

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fo·muinethar
also fo·mmuinethar
fo·muinethar
pronounced with /-ṽ(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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