imdegal

Old Irish

Etymology

From imm- +‎ dí- +‎ gal.

Noun

imdegal f

verbal noun of imm·dích: protection

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	imdegal^L	—	—
vocative	imdegal^L	—	—
accusative	imdegail^N	—	—
genitive	imdeglae^H	—	—
dative	imdegail^L	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 imdegail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language