Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mlicht

  1. milch, in milk (of cattle)

Inflection edit

i-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mlicht mlicht mlicht
Vocative mlicht
Accusative mlicht mlicht
Genitive mlicht mlichte mlicht
Dative mlicht mlicht mlicht
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative mlichti mlichti
Vocative mlichti
Accusative mlichti
Genitive mlicht*
mlichte
Dative mlichtib
Notes *not when substantivized

Related terms edit

Noun edit

mlicht m

  1. a milking, yield of milk.

Inflection edit

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mlicht
Vocative mlicht
Accusative mlichtN
Genitive mlichtoH, mlichtaH
Dative mlichtL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Middle Irish: blicht

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
mlicht
also mmlicht after a proclitic
mlicht
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit