luigh

Irish

Alternative forms

• laigh
• loigh

Etymology

From Old Irish laigid, from Proto-Celtic *legeti, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan) and Old Church Slavonic лежати (ležati).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɪɟ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɔ/ (reflecting the alternative form loigh)
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠiː/

Verb

luigh (present analytic luíonn, future analytic luífidh, verbal noun luí, past participle luite)

1. to lie (be in or assume a horizontal position)

   Luigh leis an uan, agus éirigh leis an éan.

   Lie with the lamb, and rise with the bird.

Conjugation

conjugation of luigh (first conjugation – C)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	luím	luíonn tú; luír†	luíonn sé, sí	luímid	luíonn sibh	luíonn siad; luíd†	a luíonn; a luíos	luitear
	past	luigh mé; luíos	luigh tú; luís	luigh sé, sí	luíomar; luigh muid	luigh sibh; luíobhair	luigh siad; luíodar	a luigh / ar luigh*	luíodh
	past habitual	luínn	luiteá	luíodh sé, sí	luimis; luíodh muid	luíodh sibh	luidís; luíodh siad	a luíodh / a luíodh*	luití
future		luífidh mé; luífead	luífidh tú; luífir†	luífidh sé, sí	luífimid; luífidh muid	luífidh sibh	luífidh siad; luífid†	a luífidh; a luífeas	luífear
conditional		luífinn	luífeá	luífeadh sé, sí	luífimis; luífeadh muid	luífeadh sibh	luífidís; luífeadh siad	a luífeadh / a luífeadh*	luífí
subjunctive	present	go luí mé; go luíod†	go luí tú; go luír†	go luí sé, sí	go luímid; go luí muid	go luí sibh	go luí siad; go luíd†	—	go luitear
	past	dá luínn	dá luiteá	dá luíodh sé, sí	dá luimis; dá luíodh muid	dá luíodh sibh	dá luidís; dá luíodh siad	—	dá luití
imperative		luím	luigh	luíodh sé, sí	luímis	luígí; luídh†	luídís	—	luitear
verbal noun		luí
past participle		luite

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Derived terms

• luigh isteach

Descendants

• → Yola: leiough, leigh

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*leg-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “laigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “luiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 451
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN