forsnahí

Old Irish

Etymology

Univerbation of for (“on”) +‎ innahí (“those who”, accusative plural)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌfor͈sn͈aˈhiː]

Pronoun

forsnahí (triggers /h/-prothesis)

1. on those who
   • 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. 91^a21

     Is hé forcan du·rat-som forsna mmórchol du·rigénsat a námait fris, díltud remdéicsen Dǽ desom, húare nád tarat dígail forsnahí du·rigénsat in⟨na⟩hísin frissium.

     It is the end that he has put on the great sins that his enemies have committed against him, the denial of God’s providence for him, because he has not inflicted punishment on those who have done those things to him.