flaithius

Old Irish

Etymology

flaith +‎ -us

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɸlaθʲus]

Noun

flaithius m (genitive flaithiuso or flaithiusa)

1. rule, sovereignty

   Synonyms: flaith, flaithemnacht, flaithemnas, ríge

Inflection

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	flaithius	—	—
vocative	flaithius	—	—
accusative	flaithiusN	—	—
genitive	flaithiusoH, flaithiusaH	—	—
dative	flaithiusL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Irish: flaitheas
• Scottish Gaelic: flaitheas

Mutation

Mutation of flaithius

radical	lenition	nasalization
flaithius	ḟlaithius	flaithius 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), “flaithius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language