líth

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See also: lith, lith-, Lith., -lith, liþ, lið, and líð

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *lītus or *ɸlītus, of uncertain origin.[1] Cognate with Breton lid (feast, rite).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

líth m (genitive lítha, nominative plural líthe)

  1. festival
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 27a24
      Nachib·mided .i. nachib·berar i smachtu rechta fetarlicce, inna ndig et a mbíad, inna llíthu et a ssapati, act bad foirbthe far n‑iress.
      Let him not judge you, i.e. do not be borne into the institutions of the Law of the Old Testament, into their drink and their food, into their festivals and their sabbaths; but let your faith be perfect.

Declension[edit]

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative líth líthL lítheH
Vocative líth líthL líthu
Accusative líthN líthL líthu
Genitive líthoH, líthaH líthoL, líthaL lítheN
Dative líthL líthaib líthaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: líth

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
líth
also llíth after a proclitic
líth
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]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 241

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