mital

Middle Irish

Alternative forms
  • mitall

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French metal (“metal”), from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).

Noun

mital

  1. metal

Descendants

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

References
  • “mital(l)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Tolai

Alternative forms

Pronoun

mital

  1. First-person exclusive paucal pronoun: they (few) and I, them (few) and me

Declension
Tolai personal pronouns
singular dual paucal plural
1st person exclusive iau amir
mir		 amital
mital		 avet
ave1
1st person inclusive - dor datal dat
da1
2nd person u amur
mur		 amutal
mutal		 avat
ava1
3rd person ia
i		 dir
di		 dital diat
dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.


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