n (cf. betha): īasc . . . .i. uisce .i. noch is don uisciu forcumaic .i. a bethamnae, ┐ is and dano bīs nourishment (?), Corm. Y 736. ? Leg. brethema(i)n in: cach airlither cacha suidigfider cach i mbesaib bethaman, Corp. Gen. 79.15 . finnatar b.¤ brathir scéo mbroga, LU 3476 ( SCC 25 ). See Ulidia ii 169 .

v Pres. 1 s. for-cumgu (MS. forcugū) gl. fio , ZCP xxi 281 . 3 s. forcumaing, LB 209b1 . forcumaic , Corm. Y 736 . imperf. 3 s. forcumcad, Death-tales of the Ulster heroes 12 § 1 . past subj. 3 s. forcuimsed, Wb. 4d8 . 3 pl. farcuimsitis, Sg. 148a5 . farcumisitis, PCr. 61a2 ( Thes. ii 228 ). pret. 3 s. forcomnacair, Ml. 131c14 . forcomnacuir, 16c5 . forcomnucuir Wb. 22b8 (bis). rel. forchomnacuir, Ml. 16c5 . 3 pl. forcomnactar, Ml. 51d13 , 97a5 . In later MSS. the vowel of -com- here is diphthongised (cf. O.Ir. -coimnacuir from con-icc, GOI § 688 ): 2 sg. forcoemnacar, SR 1544 . 3 s. forcoemnacair, LU 1223 . forcáemnacair, 2044 . for-coimnacuir, O'Mulc. 320 . 3 pl. forcaomhsat, BNnÉ 295 § 20 is a spurious form. Part. forcmachtae q.v.

(a) is made, created, done, brought about; happens, comes into being , used like Lat. fieri; esp. common in pret. is ben forchomnucuir do fortacht viri (= creata est) Wb. 11c15 . as hon choimdid forcomnacair a mbrith som isin doiri Ml. 131c14 . forcomnactar inna dūli iarna epirt do Dia `biat', 51d13 . duine ... .i. o thalmain, is de forcoimnacuir, O'Mulc. 320 . iasc .i. ... is don uisciu forcumaic , Corm. Y 736 . aprisci in adbhuir dia n-ar-forcoimnacair `whereof we have been made' Ériu ii 122 § 62 . cid mor do locht ... is dom chorp forcoemnacar from my own body art thou SR 1544 . nach sgēl n-airdirc forcumcad ann, Death-tales of the Ulster heroes 12 § 1 . is eiside (sc. the Táin foray) ... forcaemnacair la Meidb ┐ Ailill ┐ fri hUltu, ACL iii 4.11 . forcaemnacair int ainm don fogur (= nomen de sono factum est) Auraic. 1700 . Passing into sense happens, occurs, takes place: tairchechuin resíu forcuimsed before it came to pass Wb. 4d8 . forcomnacair buith a maicc som hi Róim it happened that his son was in Rome Sg. 148a5 . feib rotharṅgair ... [is] samlaid forcoemnacair, SR 3288 . fó n-innas cétna dano amal forcóemnacair do Loegaire as it had happened to L. LU 9081 ( FB 83 ). ro iarfaig F. dé imtechta hÉrenn .i. a ní forcoemnacair inti, LU 1223 ( Imr. Brain ii 286 ). ba cáid ... a lása ar na hulib mirbuilib ... forcoemnacair and, Ériu ii 196z . is trocaire Dé forcaemnacair (.i. tarla) ar n-ocomul that our meeting has come to pass Trip.² 230 - 231 ( ACL iii 10 ). adfētsat ... amoil forcaomnagair dōip, Fl. Earls 134.29 . With ellipse, happens to be (in a place, etc.): gus an ccoileadh [ = ccoillidh] ... forcaomhnacair for a ccind, AFM vi 1900.9 = gusan ccaillid ... tecomhnagair, etc., Hugh Roe 16.4 (f. 4b) . forcaomhnagoir tra delb ... Muire ... forsan altōir, Fl. Earls 60.20 . forcaemnacair .i. räncadur, Lec. Gl. 18 , Stowe Gl. 392 , prob. refers to an ex. of above meaning.

Cf. do oigred ... forcumaing in cristall do denum, Alex. 583 .

(b) exceptionally trans. creates, makes: i ndomnach forcóemnacair Dia in sássad nemda do maccaib I. .i. in maind (docaemnac-, adcoemnaccair v.l.), Ériu ii 198.12 ( LB 203b3 ).

(c) is able : ro escain íarum in fhlead amail is neimneachu forcáemnacair a heascaine, FDG² 6.164 . ní forcaomhsat ní dó they could do him no harm, BNnÉ 295 § 20 . ní bhaoi nach nderbhiris leó ... forcuimgeth [sic leg.] a ttóirithin who could help them Hugh Roe 268.3 (f. 71a) .

Here probably: ciped hé cruth forcuingabad [leg. forcumgebad?] sōn nodgebad however it would be brought about (or: however he could do it) she should have it Fianaig. 6.20 .