lúath
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Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *ɸlowto- (“go, flow, be swift”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew-. Cognate with English float, Old Norse fljótr (“swift”), Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō, “I sail”), Latin pluit (“it rains”), and Sanskrit प्लवते (plavate, “swim, fly”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lúath
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
lúath also llúath after a proclitic |
lúath pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 lúath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language