mlicht

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mlixtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʲlʲixt/

Adjective

mlicht

  1. milch, in milk (of cattle)

Inflection

i-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mlicht mlicht mlicht
vocative mlicht
accusative mlicht mlicht
genitive mlicht mlichte mlicht
dative mlicht mlicht mlicht
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative mlichti mlichti
vocative mlichti
accusative mlichti
genitive mlicht*
mlichte
dative mlichtib

*not when substantivized

Noun

mlicht m

  1. a milking, yield of milk.

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative mlicht — —
vocative mlicht — —
accusative mlichtN — —
genitive mlichtoH, mlichtaH — —
dative mlichtL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: blicht

Mutation

Mutation of mlicht
radical lenition nasalization
mlicht
also mmlicht in h-prothesis environments		 mlicht
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/		 mlicht
also mmlicht

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

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