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gillacht

gillacht

Old Irish

Noun

gillacht f

  1. youth, the second of six ages of mankind.
  2. service, the state of being a servant.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
gillacht gillacht
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngillacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • gillacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.