lios
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish les (“the space about a dwelling-house or houses enclosed by a bank or rampart”), from Proto-Celtic *ḷsso-s,[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥t-to-, from *pleth₂- (“broad, flat”).[2] Cognate with Welsh llys and Breton lez.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l̠ʲɪsˠ/, /l̠ʲʊsˠ/
Noun
lios m (genitive singular leasa, nominative plural liosanna)
Declension
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Derived terms
- Lios na gCearrbhach (“Lisburn”)
- liosachán (“fairy fort, fairy mound”)
- urlios (“forecourt, front enclosure”)
References
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “lios”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “833-34”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 833-34
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lios”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lios”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “lios”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 les”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish les (“the space about a dwelling-house or houses enclosed by a bank or rampart”), from Proto-Celtic *ḷsso-s,[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥t-to-, from *pleth₂- (“broad, flat”).[2] Cognate with Welsh llys and Breton lez.
Pronunciation
- (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ʎɛs̪/[3][4]
Noun
lios f or m (genitive singular lise or liosa, plural liosan)
- garden
- longing in pregnancy
- dispute, debate, strife
- house, habitation
- palace
- fortified place
- enclosure or stall for cattle
- cornyard near a house
- court
References
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “lios”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “833-34”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 833-34
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 59
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 69