laige

Irish

Alternative forms

  • loige, luige

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠaɟɪ/
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠiɟɪ/[1] (corresponding to the form loige or luige)

Etymology 1

From Old Irish laice,[2] from Proto-Celtic *laggiyā, abstract noun of *laggos. By surface analysis, lag +‎ -e

Alternative forms

  • laigeacht, laigíocht[3]

Noun

laige f (genitive singular laige, nominative plural laigí)

  1. weakness, debility, frailty, feebleness, fragility
    téigh i laige ― to weaken (literally, “go into weakness”)
  2. faint (act of fainting), swoon
    téigh/tit i laige ― to faint, pass out (literally, “go/fall into a faint”)
  3. faintness (property of being or feeling faint)
  4. dimness (of light)
  5. failing, foible

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

laige

  1. inflection of lag:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 136, page 71
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “laice”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ “laige”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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