na sean dlighthe

Is this (in Munster) one word: seandlithe, in which case the "and" would require a diphthong /ʃaundlʹihi/


or with an epenthetic: seana-dhlithe, with lenition /ʃanə-ɣlʹihi/

The spelling indicates just "seandlithe", as if a simple word, with no epenthetic or lenition (like seanduine): /ʃan-dlʹihi/??

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Is this (in Munster) one word: seandlithe, in which case the "and" would require a diphthong /ʃaundlʹihi/


or with an epenthetic: seana-dhlithe, with lenition /ʃanə-ɣlʹihi/

Mmm, interesting. One would expect "seanadhlithe" but there are a small number of words containing sean /ʃoun/ + d/t + 0. "Seanduine", of course is always /ʃandinʹi/ but Ó Sé (820) says that the vowel in sean is /ou/ in seandraoi and the placename an Seantalamh. My guess is that we are looking at either /ou/ or /a/ with no lenition or epenthetic but without more to go on it's difficult to be certain.

Thanks - I have a little list of things I will finally pin down in Cúil Aodha! But I think it would be seanadhlithe too..