Irish edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Irish filidecht (poetry, divination).[1] By surface analysis, file +‎ -íocht

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

filíocht f (genitive singular filíochta)

  1. poetry

Declension edit

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Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
filíocht fhilíocht bhfilíocht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “filidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 78
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 111

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