éilled

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • ǽllned, hélned (Würzburg glosses)
  • hǽllned (St. Gall glosses)
  • éillned (Mon. Tall)

Etymology

From as·lena (to pollute) +‎ -ad (forms verbal nouns for weak verbs). Assimilation of -ln- clusters to -ll- is regular, and the allomorphy is preserved in the Milan glosses. But in other sources, the -n- has been restored.

Noun

éilled m

  1. verbal noun of as·lena: pollution, corruption

Declension

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative éilled
vocative éilled
accusative éilledN
genitive éilledoH, éilledaH
dative éilledL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of éilled
radical lenition nasalization
éilled
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
éilled n-éilled

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

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