focren

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸokʷrinati (from *uɸo- + *kʷrinati); compare Welsh gobryn (to deserve) (and gobr (reward, payment, noun) from a corresponding noun form). By surface analysis, fo- + crenaid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [foˈkren]

Verb

fo·cren (verbal noun fochricc)

  1. to buy, to purchase
  2. to hire

Inflection

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
fo·cren fo·chren fo·cren
pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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