flaithemnas

Old Irish

Etymology

flaithem +‎ -as

Noun

flaithemnas m (genitive flaithemnasa)

1. rule, sovereignty

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	flaithemnas	—	—
Vocative	flaithemnas	—	—
Accusative	flaithemnasN	—	—
Genitive	flaithemnasoH, flaithemnasaH	—	—
Dative	flaithemnasL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• flaith
• flaithemnacht
• flaithius
• ríge

Descendants

• Irish: flaithiúnas
• Manx: flaunys
• Scottish Gaelic: flaitheamhnas

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
flaithemnas	ḟlaithemnas	flaithemnas 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), “flaithemnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language