láitir

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Middle Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

láitir

  1. strong
    Synonyms: amnas, balc, brígach, brogda, calma, daingen, dedairnn, sonairt, tailc, tend, trén
  2. powerful
    Synonyms: brígach, brígmar, cumachtach

Declension

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Descendants

  • Middle Irish: láitir

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
láitir unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Adjective

láitir

  1. strong
    Synonyms: amnas, balc, brígach, brogda, calma, daingen, dedairnn, sonairt, tailc, tend, trén
  2. powerful
    Synonyms: brígach, brígmar, cumachtach

Usage notes

The word is not directly attested in use within an Old Irish text. However, the term's existence during the Old Irish period may be inferred from the summoning of Lugaid Lát(h)ir ("Lugaid the Strong") in the Latin Life of Columba.

Declension

i-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative láitir láitir láitir
Vocative láitir
Accusative láitir láitir
Genitive láitir láitire láitir
Dative láitir láitir láitir
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative láitiri láitiri
Vocative láitiri
Accusative láitiri
Genitive láitir*
láitire
Dative láitirib
Notes *not when substantivized

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
láitir
also lláitir after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		láitir
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

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