reilic

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• relec, relic

Etymology

From Late Latin reliquia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈr͈ʲelʲiɡʲ]

Noun

reilic f (genitive reilce)

1. burial place

Declension

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	reilicL	reilicL	reilceH
vocative	reilicL	reilicL	reilceH
accusative	reilicN	reilicL	reilceH
genitive	reilceH	reilicL	reilicN
dative	reilicL	reilcib	reilcib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Irish: reilig
• Manx: rhuillick
• Scottish Gaelic: rèilig

Mutation

Mutation of reilic

radical	lenition	nasalization
reilic also rreilic after a proclitic ending in a vowel	reilic pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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