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dretel

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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Comparable to Middle Welsh drythyll (lively); Proto-Celtic *trettillos may be mechanically reconstructible from this.

Noun

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dretel m (genitive unattested, nominative plural dretli)

  1. darling, favorite

Inflection

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Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dretel dretelL dretliH
Vocative dretel dretelL dretliuH
Accusative dretelN dretelL dretliuH
Genitive dretleoH, dretleaH dretleo, dretlea dretleN
Dative dretelL dretleaib dretleaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: dretel, tretel, treittell

Mutation

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Mutation of dretel
radical lenition nasalization
dretel dretel
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndretel

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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