léitiu

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲeː.d̠ʲu/

Noun

léitiu f

verbal noun of ro·laimethar
attempt

Inflection

Feminine n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	léitiu	léitin^L	léitin
vocative	léitiu	léitin^L	léitena^H, létena
accusative	léitin^N	léitin^L	léitena^H, létena
genitive	léiten, léten	léiten^L, léten	léiten^N
dative	léitin^L, léitiu^L	léitenaib	léitenaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Mutation

Mutation of *léitiu*
radical	lenition	nasalization
léitiu also lléitiu in h-prothesis environments	léitiu pronounced with /lʲ-/	léitiu also lléitiu

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), “léiten(a)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language