mlicht

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mlixtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲlʲixt/

Adjective

mlicht

1. milch, in milk (of cattle)

Inflection

i-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mlicht	mlicht	mlicht
Vocative	mlicht
Accusative	mlicht	mlicht
Genitive	mlicht	mlichte	mlicht
Dative	mlicht	mlicht	mlicht
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	mlichti	mlichti
Vocative	mlichti
Accusative	mlichti
Genitive	mlicht* mlichte
Dative	mlichtib
Notes	*not when substantivized

Related terms

• mligid

Noun

mlicht m

1. a milking, yield of milk.

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mlicht	—	—
Vocative	mlicht	—	—
Accusative	mlichtN	—	—
Genitive	mlichtoH, mlichtaH	—	—
Dative	mlichtL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: blicht
  • Irish: bleacht

Mutation

Mutation of mlicht

radical	lenition	nasalization
mlicht also mmlicht after a proclitic ending in a vowel	mlicht pronounced with /β̃(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

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