comflaithius

Middle Irish

Etymology

From com- +‎ flaithius.

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈkoβ̃laθʲus/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈkoβ̃lahʲus/

Noun

comḟlaithius m (genitive comḟlaithiuso or comḟlaithiusa)

1. joint, equal sovereignty

Descendants

• Irish: comhlathas
• Scottish Gaelic: co-fhlaitheas

Mutation

Mutation of comflaithius

radical	lenition	nasalization
comḟlaithius	chomḟlaithius	comḟlaithius pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle 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), “comḟlaithius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language