tellach

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tenlach, from the root of teine (“fire”) + -lach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲel͈əx/, /ˈtʲel͈ax/

Noun

tellach n (later m)

  1. 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.
      [There were] seven doors in the hall, and seven passages through it, and seven hearths in it, and seven cauldrons.

Declension

  • Nominative/vocative/accusative/genitive plural: tellaige
  • Dative plural: tellaigib

Descendants

  • Irish: teallach
  • Manx: çhiollagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: teallach

Mutation

Mutation of tellach
radical lenition nasalization
tellach thellach tellach
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

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