derbchomalta

Middle Irish

Etymology

derb- +‎ comalta (“foster sibling”)

Noun

derbchomalta m

1. foster brother

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Mutation of derbchomalta

radical	lenition	nasalization
derbchomalta	derbchomalta pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	nderbchomalta

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