Old Irish

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Noun

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dretel m (genitive unattested, nominative plural dretli)

  1. darling, favorite

Inflection

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Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dretel dretelL dretliH
Vocative dretel dretelL dretliuH
Accusative dretelN dretelL dretliuH
Genitive dretleoH, dretleaH dretleo, dretlea dretleN
Dative dretelL dretleaib dretleaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: dretel, tretel, treittell

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
dretel dretel
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndretel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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