ᚃᚓᚂᚔᚈᚐᚄ

Primitive Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *welīts.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈweliːθah]

Noun

ᚃᚓᚂᚔᚈᚐᚄ (velitas) m (genitive)

  1. poet (genitive)

Descendants
  • Old Irish: fili
    • Irish: file
    • Manx: feelee
    • Scottish Gaelic: filidh

References
  1. Kim McCone (1994) chapter II, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, section 17.1, page 112
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