mlicht

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mlixtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲlʲixʲt̠ʲ/

Adjective

mlicht

1. milch, in milk (of cattle)

Inflection

i-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mlicht	mlicht	mlicht
vocative	mlicht
accusative	mlicht	mlicht
genitive	mlicht	mlichte	mlicht
dative	mlicht	mlicht	mlicht
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	mlichti	mlichti
vocative	mlichti
accusative	mlichti
genitive	mlicht* mlichte
dative	mlichtib

*not when substantivized

Related terms

• mligid

Noun

mlicht m

1. a milking, yield of milk.

Inflection

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mlicht	—	—
vocative	mlicht	—	—
accusative	mlichtN	—	—
genitive	mlichtoH, mlichtaH	—	—
dative	mlichtL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Middle Irish: blicht
  • Irish: bleacht

Mutation

Mutation of mlicht

radical	lenition	nasalization
mlicht also mmlicht in h-prothesis environments	mlicht pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/	mlicht also mmlicht

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