lethan

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlitanos (broad) (compare Welsh llydan and Breton ledan).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l͈ʲeθən/

Adjective

lethan (equative leithir, comparative letha)

  1. broad, wide

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lethan lethan lethan
Vocative lethain*
lethan**
Accusative lethan lethain
Genitive lethain lethnae lethain
Dative lethan lethain lethan
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative lethain lethna
Vocative lethnu
lethna
Accusative lethnu
lethna
Genitive lethan
Dative lethnaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Irish: leathan
  • Manx: lhean
  • Scottish Gaelic: leathann

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
lethan
also llethan after a proclitic
lethan
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*flitano-, *flitawī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 135

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