Borrowed fromOld Frenchmetal(“metal”), fromLatinmetallum(“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), fromAncient Greekμέταλλον(métallon,“mine, quarry, metal”).
mital
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| mital alsommital after a proclitic ending in a vowel | mital pronounced with/β̃(ʲ)-/ | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
mitál (Baybayin spellingᜋᜒᜆᜎ᜔)(obsolete)
mital