fled

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb

fled

  1. simple past and past participle of flee

Anagrams

Old English

Noun

fled n

  1. Alternative form of flet

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wlidā (compare Welsh gwledd).

Pronunciation

Noun

fled f

  1. banquet, feast
    Synonym: fess

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative fledL flidL fledaH
vocative fledL flidL fledaH
accusative flidN flidL fledaH
genitive flideH fledL fledN
dative flidL fledaib fledaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: fleá, fleadh, fleidh
    • English: fleadh
  • Manx: fleah
  • Scottish Gaelic: fleadh

Mutation

Mutation of fled
radical lenition nasalization
fled ḟled fled
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

Romansch

Noun

fled m (plural fleds)

  1. (Puter) Alternative form of flad (breath (of air))

Derived terms