filidecht

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish filedacht. By surface analysis, fili +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲilʲəðʲəxt/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲilʲəjəxt/

Noun

filidecht f

1. poetry
2. divination

Descendants

• Irish: filíocht
• Manx: feeleeaght
• Scottish Gaelic: filidheachd

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
filidecht	ḟilidecht	filidecht pronounced with /β(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), “filidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language