indlat
Old Irish
Etymology
Created by the contamination of indmat by lám (“hand”).
Noun
indlat (gender unknown, genitive indlait)
- alternative form of indmat (“washing”)
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | indlatN | — | — |
| vocative | indlatN | — | — |
| accusative | indlatN | — | — |
| genitive | indlaitL | — | — |
| dative | indlutL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| indlat (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
indlat | n-indlat |
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), “indlat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language