líathróit
Old Irish
Etymology
Cognate with Welsh llithred.
Noun
líathróit f (genitive líathróite)
- ball, sphere
- c. 850, Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 35d1
- liathritae
- c. 850, Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 35d1
- a ball or sling shot made from the brains of an enemy
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Irish: liathróid
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| líathróit also llíathróit after a proclitic |
líathróit pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
líathróit also llíathróit after a proclitic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “líathróit” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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