Old Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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metrapoil f

  1. metropolis, mother-city

Inflection

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The word's inflections do not seem to be attested. However, a Middle Irish genitive singular metrapoile can be found.

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Mutation

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