láitir
Middle Irish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editláitir
- strong
- powerful
- Synonyms: brígach, brígmar, cumachtach
Declension
editThis adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
editMutation
editMiddle Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
láitir | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “láitir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
editAdjective
editláitir
- strong
- powerful
- Synonyms: brígach, brígmar, cumachtach
Usage notes
editThe word is not directly attested in use within an Old Irish text. However, the term's existence during the Old Irish period may be inferred from the summoning of Lugaid Lát(h)ir ("Lugaid the Strong") in the Latin Life of Columba.
Declension
editi-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | láitir | láitir | láitir |
Vocative | láitir | ||
Accusative | láitir | láitir | |
Genitive | láitir | láitire | láitir |
Dative | láitir | láitir | láitir |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | láitiri | láitiri | |
Vocative | láitiri | ||
Accusative | láitiri | ||
Genitive | láitir* láitire | ||
Dative | láitirib | ||
Notes | *not when substantivized |
Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
láitir also lláitir after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
láitir pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “láitir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language