forad

forad

Old Irish

Etymology

Often taken as for- (“over-”) +‎ Proto-Celtic *sedom (“seat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸo.ɾəð/
- (Blasse) [ˈɸo.ɾað]
- (Griffith) [ˈɸo.ɾəð]

Noun

forad n or m

mound (that one may stand on to overlook something)

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	forad^N	forad^N	forad^L, foirthea
vocative	forad^N	forad^N	forad^L, foirthea
accusative	forad^N	forad^N	forad^L, foirthea
genitive	foraid^L	forad	forad^N
dative	forud^L	foirthib	foirthib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: forad
- Irish: foradh, fara
- Scottish Gaelic: faradh

Mutation

Mutation of *forad*
radical	lenition	nasalization
forad	ḟorad	forad pronounced with /β̃-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language