indell

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• indel

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *andelom, cognate with Welsh annel (“trap, purpose”). By surface analysis, ind- +‎ -l; the vowel between these morphemes is originally from ind-, which originally ended in a vowel -e.

Noun

indell n

1. verbal noun of in·lá: arrangement

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	indellN	indellN	indellL, indella
Vocative	indellN	indellN	indellL, indella
Accusative	indellN	indellN	indellL, indella
Genitive	indillL	indell	indellN
Dative	indiullL	indellaib	indellaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: indell
  • Irish: inneall
  • Scottish Gaelic: inneal

Mutation

Mutation of indell

radical	lenition	nasalization
indell (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-indell

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