fleah

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fled. Cognate with Irish fleá.

Noun

fleah m (genitive singular fleah, plural fleahnyn)

  1. feast

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
fleahleahvleah
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *plówkos, a variant of *plúsis (“flea”). Cognate with Old High German flōh, Old Norse fló.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flæ͜ɑːx/

Noun

flēah m

  1. flea

Declension
Declension of fleah (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative flēah flēas
accusative flēah flēas
genitive flēas flēana
dative flēa flēam, flēaum

Descendants
  • Middle English: fle, flee, flei, fleigh, fley
    • English: flea (dialectal fleck)
    • Scots: flech, flaich, fle, flae
    • Yola: fleen (plural)
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