bledmíl

Old Irish

Etymology

From bled (“sea monster”) +‎ míl (“animal”).

Pronunciation

(vocative and genitive singular): IPA^(key): [ˈbʲlʲeðβ̃ʲiːlʲ]
(all other forms): IPA^(key): [ˈbʲlʲeðβ̃ʲiːl]

Noun

bledmíl n

sea-monster

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	bledmíl^N	bledmíl^N	bledmíl^L, bledmíla
vocative	bledmíl^N	bledmíl^N	bledmíl^L, bledmíla
accusative	bledmíl^N	bledmíl^N	bledmíl^L, bledmíla
genitive	bledmíl^L	bledmíl	bledmíl^N
dative	bledmíl^L	bledmílaib	bledmílaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: bleidhmhíol

Mutation

Mutation of *bledmíl*
radical	lenition	nasalization
bledmíl	bledmíl pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbledmíl

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bledmíl”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language