flaithius

Old Irish

Etymology

flaith +‎ -us

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɸlaθʲus]

Noun

flaithius m (genitive flaithiuso or flaithiusa)

rule, sovereignty
Synonyms: flaith, flaithemnacht, flaithemnas, ríge

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	flaithius	—	—
vocative	flaithius	—	—
accusative	flaithius^N	—	—
genitive	flaithiuso^H, flaithiusa^H	—	—
dative	flaithius^L	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: flaitheas
Scottish Gaelic: flaitheas

Mutation

Mutation of *flaithius*
radical	lenition	nasalization
flaithius	ḟlaithius	flaithius pronounced with /β̃-/

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

Further reading

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