fetarlicc

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • fetarlaic, fetarlic

Etymology

From Latin vetere lēge, ablative singular of vetus lēx (old law).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲedar͈l͈ikʲ/? /ˈfʲedar͈l͈iɡʲ/?

Etymologically, the final consonant is expected to be /ɡʲ/ or even /ɣʲ/, but the spelling consistently has c, never g, even as late as the 18th century, which strongly suggests /kʲ/.

Noun

fetarlicc f (genitive fetarlicce)

  1. Old Testament
    • 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. 27a24
      Nachib·mided .i. nachib·berar i smachtu rechta fetarlicce, inna ndig et a mbíad, inna llíthu et a ssapati, act bad foirbthe far n‑iress.
      Let him not judge you, i.e. do not be borne into the institutions of the Law of the Old Testament, into their drink and their food, into their festivals and their sabbaths; but let your faith be perfect.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fetarliccL
Vocative fetarliccL
Accusative fetarlicciN
Genitive fetarlicceH
Dative fetarlicciL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: fetarlaic, petarlaic
    • Irish: feadarlaic (obsolete)

Mutation

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

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