Lóegaire

Old Irish

Etymology

lóeg (“calf”) +‎ aire (“guarding, watch”), which also explains the iā-stem inflection.

Proper noun

Lóegaire m (genitive Lóegaire)

1. a male given name

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	LóegaireL	—	—
Vocative	LóegaireL	—	—
Accusative	LóegairiN	—	—
Genitive	Lóegaire	—	—
Dative	LóegairiL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: Laoghaire
  • → English: Leary

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Lóegaire also Llóegaire after a proclitic	Lóegaire pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.