lethan

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlitanos (“broad”) (compare Welsh llydan and Breton ledan).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l͈ʲeθən/

Adjective

lethan (equative leithir, comparative letha)

  1. broad, wide

Inflection

o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lethan lethan lethan
vocative lethain*
lethan**
accusative lethan lethain
genitive lethain lethnae lethain
dative lethan lethain lethan
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative lethain lethna
vocative lethnu
lethna†
accusative lethnu
lethna†
genitive lethan
dative lethnaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Irish: leathan
  • Manx: lhean
  • Scottish Gaelic: leathann

Mutation

Mutation of lethan
radical lenition nasalization
lethan
also llethan in h-prothesis environments		 lethan
pronounced with /lʲ-/		 lethan
also llethan

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*flitano-, *flitawī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 135

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