denaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dinati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲenɨðʲ]

Verb

denaid (verbal noun deol)

  1. to suck

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: denaid
  • Irish: diúl (denominative from the verbal noun)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
denaid denaid
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndenaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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