Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *liyeti (to accuse, charge), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyH-. Cognate to Latin lis (lawsuit).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

liïd (verbal noun líud)

  1. to accuse, to charge

Inflection edit

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
liïd
also lliïd after a proclitic
liïd
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “liy-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 243

Further reading edit