luí

See also: lui, Lui, luì, -lui, and L’ui

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish lige (“act of lying down; bed”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *legyom, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠɪː/[2]
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /l̪ˠəi/ (corresponding to the form loighe)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠɪː/[3]; /l̪ˠəi̯/, /l̪ˠɔi̯/[4] (corresponding to the form loighe)

Verb

luí

  1. analytic present subjunctive of luigh

Noun

luí m (genitive singular as substantive luí, genitive as verbal noun luite)

  1. verbal noun of luigh
  2. (act or state of) lying down, prostration
    Tá mé i mo luí.
    I am lying down.
  3. setting (of heavenly bodies)
    luí na gréine ― sunset
    luí na gealaí ― moonset
  4. inclination, tendency
    Tá luí chun léirscriosta aige.
    He has a propensity to destruction.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 121, page 65
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 112, page 44
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 149, page 59

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlowī (“rudder”) (compare Welsh llyw), from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“flow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλόος (plóos, “sailing”), English float.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [l͈uːi̯]

Noun

luí f (genitive luae)

  1. rudder

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
singular dual plural
nominative luíL luíL luíH
vocative luíL luíL luíH
accusative luíN luíL luíH
genitive luaeH luaeL luaeN
dative luíL luaib luaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of luí
radical lenition nasalization
luí
also lluí in h-prothesis environments		 luí
pronounced with /l-/		 luí
also lluí

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

Further reading

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