fleah

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fled. Cognate with Irish fleá.

Noun

fleah m (genitive singular fleah, plural fleahnyn)

1. feast

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fleah	leah	vleah
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old English

Alternative forms

• flēa, flǣh, fleah, flēo

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *plówkos, a variant of *plúsis (“flea”). Compare Old High German flōh, flō, Old Norse fló.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flæ͜ɑːx/

Noun

flēah m

1. flea

Descendants

• Middle English: fle, flee, flei, fleigh, fley
  • English: flea (dialectal fleck)
  • Scots: flech, flaich, fle, flae
  • Yola: fleen (plural)