flaithemnas

Old Irish

Etymology

flaithem +‎ -as

Noun

flaithemnas m (genitive flaithemnasa)

1. rule, sovereignty

Inflection

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	flaithemnas	—	—
vocative	flaithemnas	—	—
accusative	flaithemnasN	—	—
genitive	flaithemnasoH, flaithemnasaH	—	—
dative	flaithemnasL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• flaith
• flaithemnacht
• flaithius
• ríge

Descendants

• Irish: flaithiúnas
• Manx: flaunys
• Scottish Gaelic: flaitheamhnas

Mutation

Mutation of flaithemnas

radical	lenition	nasalization
flaithemnas	ḟlaithemnas	flaithemnas pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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