derbchomalta

Middle Irish

Etymology

derb- +‎ comalta (“foster sibling”)

Noun

derbchomalta m

1. foster brother

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
derbchomalta	derbchomalta pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	nderbchomalta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “derbchomalta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language