forbrissi

Old Irish

Etymology

From for- + brisid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [forˈbʲrʲisʲi]

Verb

for·bris(s)i (verbal noun forbris(s)iud)

  1. to rout (completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat)
    • 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. 67b24
      Inna c{h}enél fo·rrorbris, fos·roammámigestar dïa molad ⁊ dïa adrad.
      The peoples whom he has routed, he has subjugated them to his praise and to his worship.

Inflection

Descendants

  • Irish: forbhriseadh (from the verbal noun)

Mutation

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

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