láitir
Middle Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]láitir
- strong
- powerful
- Synonyms: brígach, brígmar, cumachtach
Declension
[edit]This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| láitir | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “láitir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]láitir
- strong
- powerful
- Synonyms: brígach, brígmar, cumachtach
Usage notes
[edit]The word is not directly attested in use within an Old Irish text. However, the term's existence during the Old Irish period may be inferred from the summoning of Lugaid Lát(h)ir ("Lugaid the Strong") in the Latin Life of Columba.
Declension
[edit]| i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | láitir | láitir | láitir |
| Vocative | láitir | ||
| Accusative | láitir | láitir | |
| Genitive | láitir | láitire | láitir |
| Dative | láitir | láitir | láitir |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | láitiri | láitiri | |
| Vocative | láitiri | ||
| Accusative | láitiri | ||
| Genitive | láitir* láitire | ||
| Dative | láitirib | ||
| Notes | *not when substantivized | ||
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| láitir also lláitir after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
láitir pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “láitir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language