comflaithius

Middle Irish

Etymology

From com- +‎ flaithius.

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈkoβ̃laθʲus/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈkoβ̃lahʲus/

Noun

comḟlaithius m (genitive comḟlaithiuso or comḟlaithiusa)

1. joint, equal sovereignty

Descendants

• Irish: comhlathas
• Scottish Gaelic: co-fhlaitheas

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
comḟlaithius	chomḟlaithius	comḟlaithius pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comḟlaithius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language