deiligid

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Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish deiligidir, from Proto-Celtic *del-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl-, *dʰoyl- (part, watershed). Cognate with Old English dǣlan (to divide, part) (Modern English deal), Lithuanian dalinti (divide), Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti).

Verb

deiligid

  1. to separate, divide

Descendants

  • Irish: dealaigh, deighil
  • Scottish Gaelic: dealaich

Mutation

Mutation of deiligid
radical lenition nasalization
deiligid deiligid
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ndeiligid

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

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