adella

Old Irish

Etymology

ad- + Proto-Celtic *ɸalnati, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aðˈel͈a/

Verb

ad·ella (prototonic ·aidle, verbal noun adall)

  1. to visit
  2. to pass to

For quotations using this term, see Citations:adella.

Usage notes

In the sense ‘visit’, this verb is sometimes complemented by the preposition la (with) plus a pronoun referring back to the subject, with no discernible change in meaning, e.g. atdub·elliub lemm (I will visit you, literally I will visit you with me).

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: aidlid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
ad·ella unchanged ad·n-ella
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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