fescor

Old Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros

Borrowed from Latin vesper, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲeskor/

Noun

fescor m

  1. evening, eventide, vespers
  2. (figuratively) end, decline, wane

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fescor
Vocative fescuir
Accusative fescorN
Genitive fescuirL
Dative fescorL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: feascar
  • Manx: fastyr
  • Scottish Gaelic: feasgar

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
fescor ḟescor fescor
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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