Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *liyeti (to accuse, charge), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyH-. Cognate to Latin lis (lawsuit).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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liïd (verbal noun líud)

  1. to accuse, to charge

Inflection

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Mutation

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Mutation of liid
radical lenition nasalization
liïd
also lliïd after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
liïd
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
unchanged

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

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “liy-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 243

Further reading

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