dechellt
Old Irish
Etymology
If the correct reading is déchellt, then probably from dé- (“double”) + celt (“garment”), from ceilid (“to conceal”). However, the much better attested Middle Irish descendant is never written with the acute accent, suggesting that the vowel was always short.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʲexʲel͈t/? /ˈdʲeːxʲel͈t/?
Noun
dechellt m
- garment
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 27b16
- Gaibid immib a n‑étach macc coím-sa, amal nondad maicc coím-a, .i. uiscera is hé in dechellt as·beir.
- Put on this raiment of servants, as you pl are servants, i.e viscera is the garment that he mentions.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 27b16
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | dechellt | dechelltL | dechilltL |
| Vocative | dechillt | dechelltL | dechelltuH |
| Accusative | dechelltN | dechelltL | dechelltuH |
| Genitive | dechilltL | dechellt | dechelltN |
| Dative | dechiulltL | dechelltaib | dechelltaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: dechelt
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| dechellt | dechellt pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ | ndechellt |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “deichelt”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN