literda

Middle Irish

Etymology

From liter (“letter”) +‎ -de, from Latin litera.

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈl͈ʲitʲərðə/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈl͈ʲitʲərɣə/

Adjective

literda

1. literary
2. literal

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• literdacht f (“literature; book-learning”)

Noun

literda m

1. literary man

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Mutation of literda

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