lígdae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • lígda

Etymology

From lí (“brilliance lustre”) +‎ -dae. The g is from lí partly inflecting as a g-stem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl͈ʲiːɣðe/

Adjective

lígdae

  1. brilliant, lustrous
    Synonyms: lígach, lígmar, caindlech, finn, lainnerda
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Prol. 214; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Ro·milled in gentlecht
      cíarbo lígdae lethan
      ro·lín flaith Dé Athar
      nem, talam la trethan.
      Heathendom has been destroyed
      though it was fair and widespread:
      The kingdom of God the Father has filled
      the heaven, earth, and sea.

Inflection

io/iā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lígdae lígdae lígdae
vocative lígdai
accusative lígdae lígdai
genitive lígdai lígdae lígdai
dative lígdu lígdai lígdu
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative lígdai lígdai
vocative lígdai
lígdu*
accusative lígdai
lígdu*
genitive lígdae
dative lígdaib

* when substantivized

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: lígda
    • Irish: líoga
    • >? Scottish Gaelic: lìth

Mutation

Mutation of lígdae
radical lenition nasalization
lígdae
also llígdae in h-prothesis environments		 lígdae
pronounced with /lʲ-/		 lígdae
also llígdae

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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