líathróit

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish líathrit. Cognate with Welsh llithred.

Noun

líathróit f (genitive líathróite)

1. ball, sphere
2. a ball or slingshot made from the brains of an enemy

Descendants

• Irish: liathróid

Mutation

Mutation of líathróit

radical	lenition	nasalization
líathróit	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “líathróit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language