forcenn

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• forcan

Etymology

From for- +‎ cenn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈforkʲen͈]

Noun

forcenn n

1. end
   • 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. 59^b2

     “Ní a forcenn ru·ṡuidigsiur-sa”, ol Dauid.

     “It is not the end that I have set”, says David.

   • 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 punished those who have done those things to him.

     (literally, “…he has not put punishment on those who have done…”)

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	forcennN	forcennN	forcennL, forcenna
Vocative	forcennN	forcennN	forcennL, forcenna
Accusative	forcennN	forcennN	forcennL, forcenna
Genitive	foircinnL, foirchinn	forcenn	forcennN
Dative	forcunnL, foirciunnL	forcennaib	forcennaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• for·cenna

Descendants

• Irish: foirceann

Mutation

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

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “forcenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language