-
singular being either unlenited (-t; -tλ, -taλ) or
lenited (-d; -dλ, -daλ). For example, šarpta-(t) (to inscribe, to carve) is an
unlenited a-stem (šarptat...
-
either unlenited (present -ti;
preterite -te;
imperative -tu) or
lenited (-di; -de; -du). For example, prñnawa-(ti) (to build) is an
unlenited a-stem...
- fïur "sister" < *swesōr), and is lost
otherwise (e.g. dáu "two" < *dwōu,
unlenited sïur "sister" < *swesōr). Proto-Celtic *y
becomes *iy
after a consonant...
- *wo was
quite volatile in Brittonic. It
originally manifested as *wo in
unlenited position and *wa in
lenited position. Word-initially, this allomorphy...
- vowel; from late compounding; from
lengthening of
short vowels before unlenited /m, N, L, R/,
still in
progress in Old
Irish (compare erríndem "highest"...
- non-initial
broad form of r.
Often transcribed simply as /r/. The
initial unlenited broad form is a
trill [rˠ],
while the
slender form is [ɾʲ] ([ð] in some...
- long vowels. * Not all
dialects contrast lenited ⟨l⟩ and ⟨n⟩ from
their unlenited forms. See
Irish Phonology#Fortis and
lenis sonorants. The
definite article...
- remained. No u and o and i/e
remained distinct – no a
mutation of i. S was
unlenited initially. H was
preserved medially. tt, pp, kk > t, p, k medially." With...
-
example /s̪ɾoːn/ "nose"
rather than /s̪t̪ɾoːn/) and the
retention of the
unlenited past-tense
particle d' (for example, d'èirich "rose"
instead of dh'èirich)...
-
numerousness of
words relating to fishing. He
suggested that the
presence of
unlenited stops among these fishing words may
indicate that
these words entered...
