fuilech

Old Irish

Etymology

fuil (“blood”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɸulʲex]

Adjective

fuilech

1. bloody, blood-stained
2. blood-shedding, sanguinary
   1. (by extension) valiant in battle
3. (rare) of sanguine constitution

Descendants

• Irish: fuileach

Mutation

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuilech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language