for-cain
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for-cain
or dil.ie/23414Last Revised:
2019
Forms:
forcanad, forcanid, forchanim, forchun, forcain, -forcain, forcanat, -farcan, forcane, -forcane, forcanit, forcanat, forcanainn, fortabcech, fordubcechna, forroichan, roichan, forrochain, roichechnatar, forcanar, canar, forcantar, for-canta[e], forcetal, forcan-, forchan-, forforcan, forforcansatar, foror-cansat, fortanroichanni, fordubcechna
v O.Ir. forms: ipv. 3 s.
forcanad,
Wb. 12d41
. 2 pl.
forcanid,
22d1
. pres. 1 s. rel.
forchanim,
8c3
.
forchun,
10a13
.
3 s.
forcain,
Ml. 128d9
.
-forcain,
Wb. 11c19
. 3 pl. forcanat
Ml. 28a15
. subj. pres. 1 s. -farcan (second `a' doubtful)
Ml. 68c15
. 2 sg.
forcane,
Wb. 28c11
,
21
.
-forcane,
d13
. 2 pl.
forcanit,
12c18
(a prima manu, see
ZCP iii 49
). 3 pl.
co
forcanat
,
Ml. 45b18
. past subj. s. 1
forcanainn,
94b13
. fut.
1 s. fortabcech,
Études Celt. xl 66
(
Ml. 53c14
). 3 s.
fordubcechna,
Wb. 9a16
. pret. - perf. 1 s.
forroichan sa,
Ml. 17d1
. 2 sg.
for tan roichan ni,
22c3
. 3 s.
forrochain [sic]
68b8
. 3 pl. for tan roichechnatar ni [sic]
63b1
. Pass. pres. s.
forcanar,
50d12
.
for ndob canar
,
Wb. 3b23
.
pl.
forcantar,
Ml. 34b12
,
Tur. 49
. Past subj. 3 s.
for-canta[e],
Blathm. 96 § 22
. part. foircthe q.v. Vn.
forcetal, q.v. Later treated as simple vb., stem forcan-,
forchan- (e.g.
LU 241
,
LL 126a
,
PH 6844
, cited below).
Sometimes with pref. doubled pret. - perf.
forforcan,
BB
423a23
. forforcansatar (foror-cansat v.l.),
Ir. Lit. 34.19
.
Teaches, instructs
. Gl. instituere (
Ml. 17d1
.
45b18
.
50d12
.
68b8
.
129c9
), monere (
94b13
). commonere, educare, erudire,
perdocere. With acc. of thing and DO of pers.:
ni forcital
oísa foirbthi forchanim duib,
Wb. 8c3
.
sai .i. fer forcain
cethramadh raind suithe,
Laws iv 356.8
. comalnad neich
forchain in stoir sin what this story teaches
ZCP viii 176.23
.
íres na Trinóti ... is í sin ḟorchanubsa duitsiu,
Trip. 392.15
=
Lib. Hymn. i 4
.
cech maith forchanus in scriptúir,
PH
6844
. ro forcanus recht I taught the law
1508
. With acc. of
pers.:
fortanroichanni,
Ml. 22c3
.
forcanad cách alaile,
Wb.
22c8
.
amal forcantar cathchomnidi ho sacardd,
Tur. 49
.
cia sui forcanar nad forcanar duinib ?,
IT iii 28.30
=
cia saoi
for-chanar ┐ na forcanar o dhaoinibh,
Ériu xiii 26.1
. Cf.
ciasu forcain no forcanair o duinib,
IT iii 23.26
.
ercid ┐
forcnaid in uli chinedach!,
PH 3703
.
co forcanad he im
ord airnaigthi,
ACL iii 10.10
.
in fer ro horcthe [ = ro
ḟorcthe] trisna huile disciplu,
Anecd. iii 64
(
ZCP ii 321
).
is iat roforcan Albín whom A. instructed ib. In wider sense
admonishes, enjoins, tells: fordubcechna (gl. uos commonefaciat)
Wb. 9a16
. cu raforchanad M. i ḟís co ndigsed ... (=
admonitus per soporem)
Lat. Lives 90
(
RC ii 390
). no
forcanad ... German inni Gorthigernd co ro leced a mnai
LU 241
= Todd
Todd Nenn. 102
.
tinolaiter ... a damrada chuce
... amal ra ḟorcan epscop A.,
LL 303a38
(
RC xiii 80
).
With FOR of pers.:
is iat forcanus for doinib ailbemniugud do Dia,
PH 2354
.
conid hi cinaid a marbtha side
ro forcan E. aithrige forsin popul
,
LB 107b64
(
PH 6417
).
cid for in sliab ... na-forchanaid sib techt asa inad though
ye should tell the mountain to depart
ZCP xii 369.13
.
Prophesies, predicts:
ní ḟurcanaim-se a ícc andso,
TBC-LL¹
4338
, cf.
teora badba ... ┐ iseadh forcanaid,
5635
(St). cid
forcanas ind athach what does the wind portend ?
LL 126a40
(
ZCP xii 272
=
forchanas,
xx 193
<
YBL 139a
).