filidecht

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish filedacht. By surface analysis, fili +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲilʲəðʲəxt/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲilʲəjəxt/

Noun

filidecht f

1. poetry
2. divination

Descendants

• Irish: filíocht
• Manx: feeleeaght
• Scottish Gaelic: filidheachd

Mutation

Mutation of filidecht

radical	lenition	nasalization
filidecht	ḟilidecht	filidecht pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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), “filidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language