Laigin
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Middle Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Laigin m pl
- Leinstermen
- (plural only) Leinster (province of Ireland)
- c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
- Boí rí amra for Laignib, .i. Mac Dathó a ainm.
- There was a wonderful king over Leinster; Mac Dathó was his name.
Declension[edit]
- Dative plural: Laignib
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
Laigin | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Laigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the early Celtic tribe the Laigin, probably from láigen (“spear”), which is probably from the same source that gave Celtiberian/Latin lancea (“light spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (“to hit”)[1] More at w:Laigin § Etymology.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Laigin m pl
- Leinstermen
- c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick (1939, Hodges, Figgis), edited and with translations by Kathleen Mulchrone, line 2234
- Is hé iarom in Fíacc sin epscop citaroir[d]ned la Laigniu.
- Fiacc is thereafter the first bishop among the Leinstermen to be ordained.
- c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick (1939, Hodges, Figgis), edited and with translations by Kathleen Mulchrone, line 2234
- (plural only) Leinster (a province of Ireland)
Inflection[edit]
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | — | — | LaiginL |
Vocative | — | — | LaigniuH |
Accusative | — | — | LaigniuH |
Genitive | — | — | LaigenN |
Dative | — | — | Laignib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
Laigin also Llaigin after a proclitic |
Laigin pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Laigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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