fled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb

fled

1. simple past tense and past participle of flee

Anagrams

• DELF, FDLE, delf

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wlidā (compare Welsh gwledd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲlʲeð/

Noun

fled f

1. banquet, feast

   Synonym: feis

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fledL	flidL	fledaH
Vocative	fledL	flidL	fledaH
Accusative	flidN	flidL	fledaH
Genitive	flideH	fledL	fledN
Dative	flidL	fledaib	fledaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: fleá
  • → English: fleadh
• Manx: fleah
• Scottish Gaelic: fleadh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fled”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) flad
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) flo
• (Vallader) flà

Etymology

From Latin flātus.

Noun

fled m (plural fleds)

1. (Puter) breath (of air)

Derived terms

• trer fled, trer il fled