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Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish tenlach, from the root of teine (“fire”) + -lach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʲel͈əx/, /ˈtʲel͈ax/
Noun
tellach n (later m)
- hearth, fireplace
c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 12:Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori.- seven doors in the hall, and seven passages through it, and seven hearths in it, and seven cauldrons.
Declension
Descendants
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| tellach |
thellach |
tellach
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
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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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