doformaig

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- + for- + the reflex of Proto-Celtic *maketi (to raise), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (long, to raise).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [doˈformɨɣʲ]

Verb

do·formaig (verbal noun tórmach)

  1. to increase
  2. to add
    • 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. 35a17
      Air cía dunaibhí do·foirmsed?
      For to whom would he add?

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old Welsh: diguormechis (3sg preterite) (calqued)
  • Old Breton: degurmeh (3sg present) (calqued)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
do·formaig do·ḟormaig do·formaig
pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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