midlachas

Middle Irish

Etymology

From midlach (“coward”) +‎ -as.

Noun

midlachas m

1. cowardice

Mutation

Mutation of midlachas

radical	lenition	nasalization
midlachas	midlachas pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	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), “midlachas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language