nigid

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Middle Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish nigid, from Proto-Celtic *nigyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (earlier) IPA(key): /ˈn͈ʲi.ɣʲəðʲ/
  • (later) IPA(key): /ˈn͈ʲi.ɣʲəɣʲ/

Verb[edit]

nigid (conjunct ·nig, verbal noun nige)

  1. to wash

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: nigh
  • Manx: niee
  • Scottish Gaelic: nigh

Further reading[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *nigyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

nigid (conjunct ·nig, verbal noun nige)

  1. to wash
    • "A Fragment of Old Irish", in Ériu volume 2 (1905, Royal Irish Academy), pages 221-226, edited and with translations by Osborn J. Bergin
      Etag berar do aes tuattu, cot·étet deman co·róenastar; ⁊ ní anaich a chrothad nach a flescad, acht a nige.
      A garment which is taken from the laity, a demon accompanies it till it has been washed; and it serves not to shake it or beat it, but to wash it.

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Further reading[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nigid

  1. Nasal mutation of digid.

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
digid ddigid nigid unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.