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lethan

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *ɸlitanos (broad) (compare Welsh llydan and Breton ledan).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lethan (equative leithir, comparative letha)

  1. broad, wide

Inflection

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o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lethan lethan lethan
Vocative lethain*
lethan**
Accusative lethan lethain
Genitive lethain lethnae lethain
Dative lethan lethain lethan
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative lethain lethna
Vocative lethnu
lethna
Accusative lethnu
lethna
Genitive lethan
Dative lethnaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

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  • Irish: leathan
  • Manx: lhean
  • Scottish Gaelic: leathann

Mutation

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Mutation of lethan
radical lenition nasalization
lethan
also llethan after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
lethan
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*flitano-, *flitawī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 135

Further reading

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