Máel
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Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From máel (“servant, devout follower”).
Proper noun
[edit]Máel m
- As a name element, indicates a specific object of devotion
- e.g., Mael Phádraic, Mael Ísa
Mutation
[edit]Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
Máel also Mmáel after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
Máel pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |