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gillaighecht

gillaighecht

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

  • gillaidheacht
  • giollaigheacht

Noun

gillaighecht f (ā-stem)

  1. boyhood
  2. service, the office of a servant, the state of being a servant

Mutation

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

References

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