fled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb

fled

1. simple past and past participle of flee

Anagrams

• DELF, FDLE, delf

Old English

Noun

fled n

1. alternative form of flet

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wlidā (compare Welsh gwledd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲlʲeð/

Noun

fled f

1. banquet, feast

   Synonym: fess

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	fledL	flidL	fledaH
vocative	fledL	flidL	fledaH
accusative	flidN	flidL	fledaH
genitive	flideH	fledL	fledN
dative	flidL	fledaib	fledaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Irish: fleá, fleadh, fleidh (obsolete)
  • → English: fleadh
• Manx: fleah
• Scottish Gaelic: fleadh

Mutation

Mutation of fled

radical	lenition	nasalization
fled	ḟled	fled pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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), “fled”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romansch

Noun

fled m (plural fleds)

1. (Puter) alternative form of flad (“breath (of air)”)

Derived terms

• trer fled, trer il fled