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Middle Irish
Etymology
Back-formation from the reduplicated preterite siblais of silid (“to flow”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (earlier) /ˈɕiβləðʲ/, (later) /ˈɕiβləɣʲ/
Verb
siblaid (verbal noun sibal or siblad)
- to travel, traverse, proceed, move, walk
- to flow (of water)
- (figuratively) to go over, examine
Derived terms
Mutation
Mutation of siblaid
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
|
| siblaid |
ṡiblaid |
unchanged
|
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 816.2 Anm. 2, page 623
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