líaig

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *leigis, generally connected with Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz (“doctor, physician”).[1] See there for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [l͈ʲiːa̯ɣʲ]

Noun

líaig m

  1. doctor, physician

Inflection

Masculine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative líaig líaigL legiH
vocative líaig líaigL legiH
accusative líaigN líaigL legiH
genitive legoH, legaH legoH, legaH legeN
dative líaigL legib legib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: lia
  • Manx: lhee
  • Scottish Gaelic: lèigh

Mutation

Mutation of líaig
radical lenition nasalization
líaig
also llíaig in h-prothesis environments		 líaig
pronounced with /lʲ-/		 líaig
also llíaig

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

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lēkja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331

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