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líathrit

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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Cognate with Welsh llithr (a glide, slip, flow).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈl͈ʲiːa̯θriðʲ/

Noun

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líathrit f (genitive líathritæ)

  1. ball, sphere
    • c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 35d1
      liathritæ glosses pylae

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative líathritL líathritL líathriteH, líathritæH
Vocative líathritL líathritL líathriteH, líathritæH
Accusative líathritN líathritL líathriteH, líathritæH
Genitive líathriteH, líathritæH líathritL líathritN
Dative líathritL líathritib líathritib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: líathróit
    • Irish: liathróid

Mutation

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Mutation of líathrit
radical lenition nasalization
líathrit
also llíathrit after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
líathrit
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

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