deiligid

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish deiligidir, from Proto-Celtic *del-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl-, *dʰoyl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”) (Modern English deal), Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti).

Verb

deiligid

  1. to separate, divide

Descendants

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
deiligiddeiligid
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/		ndeiligid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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