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Irish
- pailéa- (before a broad consonant)
- pailéi- (before a slender consonant)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).
Prefix
pailé-
- paleo-
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| pailé-
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phailé-
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bpailé-
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pailé(a)-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pailé-”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “pailé-”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024