mligid

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Verb

mligid (verbal noun mlegon)

1. to milk

Conjugation

Simple, class B I present, á preterite, s subjunctive

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	abs.
	conj.
	rel.							mblegar
imperfect indicative							·mbligtis
preterite	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
perfect	deut.	do·ommalg						do·omlacht
	prot.							·tomlacht
future	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.							meltar
	conj.
	rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun		mlegon
past participle
verbal of necessity

Related terms

• melg
• mlicht
• do·inmlig

Descendants

• Irish: bligh
• ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: bleoghainn

Mutation

Mutation of mligid

radical	lenition	nasalization
mligid also mmligid after a proclitic ending in a vowel	mligid 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), “mligid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 781, page 580