metrapoil

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲetrapolʲ/

Noun

metrapoil f

1. metropolis, mother-city

Inflection

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

Related terms

• metrapolitan

Mutation

Mutation of metrapoil

radical	lenition	nasalization
metrapoil also mmetrapoil after a proclitic ending in a vowel	metrapoil pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.