denaid

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *dinati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

denaid (verbal noun deol)

  1. to suck

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: denaid
  • Irish: diúl (denominative from the verbal noun)

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
denaid denaid
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndenaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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