reilic

Old Irish

Alternative forms

relec, relic

Etymology

From Late Latin reliquia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈr͈ʲelʲiɡʲ]

Noun

reilic f (genitive reilce)

burial place

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	reilic^L	reilic^L	reilce^H
vocative	reilic^L	reilic^L	reilce^H
accusative	reilic^N	reilic^L	reilce^H
genitive	reilce^H	reilic^L	reilic^N
dative	reilic^L	reilcib	reilcib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

Irish: reilig
Manx: rhuillick
Scottish Gaelic: rèilig

Mutation

Mutation of *reilic*
radical	lenition	nasalization
reilic also rreilic in h-prothesis environments	reilic pronounced with /ɾʲ-/	reilic also rreilic

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), “reilic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language