légaid

See also: legaid

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin legō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈl͈ʲeːɣɨðʲ]

Verb

légaid (conjunct ·léga, verbal noun légend)

  1. to read, to study
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 24d24
      Ro·légsat canóin f⟨e⟩tarlaici ⁊ núḟíadnissi amal runda·légsam-ni, acht ronda·saíbset-som tantum.
      They have read the canon of the Old Testament and of the New Testament as we have read it, except only that they have perverted it.
  2. to read aloud, to recite

Inflection

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs.
conj. ·léga ·légthar ·légatar
rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite abs. légais
conj. ·légus ·légais ·lég ·légsam ·légsid ·légsat
rel.
perfect deut. ro·llégusa (with emphatic clitic -sa) ro·légais ro·lég runda·légsam (with infixed pronoun da-) ro·légsid ro·légsat
prot. ·roilgius ·roilgisid
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive ·légad
imperative
verbal noun légend
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

  • ar·léga

Descendants

  • Irish: léigh
  • Manx: lhaih
  • Scottish Gaelic: leugh

Mutation

Mutation of légaid
radical lenition nasalization
légaid
also llégaid in h-prothesis environments
légaid
pronounced with /lʲ-/
légaid
also llégaid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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