arfoím

Old Irish

Etymology

From air- +‎ fo- +‎ Proto-Celtic *emeti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɸoːi̯β̃/

Verb

ar·foím (conjunct ·eroím)

1. to accept, to receive
2. to accept, to agree

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, t preterite, a future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.		ara·foími	ara·foím			ara·foímat, ar·fóemat		ara·foímtar
	prot.			·eroím		·eróemad		·eroímer
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.			ar·fóet
	prot.
perfect	deut.	ar·roiéit		ar·róet, ar·roít	ara·roítmar	ar·roíttid	ar·róetatar; ar·roímsat
	prot.			·arróet
future	deut.		ar·foímae
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.			ara·foíma	ar·foímam				ara·ḟoímtar
	prot.			·eroíma			·arroímat; ·eroímet
past subjunctive	deut.						ara·foímtis
	prot.						·eroímtis
imperative			eroím	íroímed
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Quotations

• 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. 6^d14

  Ar is dó arroi·éit-sa gratiam do precept do chách.

  For it is for it that I have received grace, to preach to every one.

• 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. 32^d10

  Is úaidib ar·roít colinn et it hé do·rraidchiúir.

  It is from them he has received flesh, and it is they whom he has redeemed.

Mutation

Mutation of ar·foím

radical	lenition	nasalization
ar·foím	ar·ḟoím	ar·foím 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), “ar·foím”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913), Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 511–513