deiligid
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish deiligidir, from Proto-Celtic *del-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl-, *dʰoyl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”) (Modern English deal), Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti).
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| deiligid | deiligid pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ | ndeiligid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “deiligidir”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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