lethet

Old Irish

Etymology

Suffixed with -et (“-th, -ness”). From the same root as lethan (“broad, wide”).

Noun

lethet n

1. breadth, width

Inflection

Neuter nt-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lethetN	—	—
Vocative	lethetN	—	—
Accusative	lethetN	—	—
Genitive	lethet	—	—
Dative	lethitL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lethet also llethet after a proclitic	lethet pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
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), “1 leithet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language