Middle Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish deiligidir, from Proto-Celtic *del-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl-, *dʰoyl- (part, watershed). Cognate with Old English dǣlan (to divide, part) (Modern English deal), Lithuanian dalinti (divide), Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti).

Verb edit

deiligid

  1. to separate, divide

Descendants edit

  • Irish: dealaigh, deighil
  • Scottish Gaelic: dealaich

Mutation edit

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
deiligid deiligid
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ndeiligid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit