lóeg
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *lāɸigos (“calf”) (compare Welsh llo, Cornish leugh), diminutive from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“cattle”) (compare Latvian lùops (“cattle”), Albanian lopë (“cow”)).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [l͈oːi̯ɣ]
Noun
lóeg m (genitive loíg, nominative plural loíg)
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lóeg | lóegL | loígL |
| vocative | loíg | lóegL | lóeguH |
| accusative | lóegN | lóegL | lóeguH |
| genitive | loígL | lóeg | lóegN |
| dative | lóegL | lóegaib | lóegaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| lóeg also llóeg in h-prothesis environments |
lóeg pronounced with /l-/ |
lóeg also llóeg |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Ranko Matasović, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden: Brill, 2009), p. 231.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lóeg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 231