lethan
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *ɸlitanos (“broad”) (compare Welsh llydan and Breton ledan).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lethan (equative leithir, comparative letha)
Inflection edit
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | lethan | lethan | lethan |
| Vocative | lethain* lethan** | ||
| Accusative | lethan | lethain | |
| Genitive | lethain | lethnae | lethain |
| Dative | lethan | lethain | lethan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | lethain | lethna | |
| Vocative | lethnu lethna† | ||
| Accusative | lethnu lethna† | ||
| Genitive | lethan | ||
| Dative | lethnaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| lethan also llethan after a proclitic |
lethan pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*flitano-, *flitawī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 135
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lethan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language