Laigin

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Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish Laigin.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Laigin m pl

  1. Leinstermen
  2. (plural only) Leinster (a 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

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Descendants

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  • Irish: Laighin
  • Manx: Lion
  • Scottish Gaelic: Laighean

Mutation

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Middle Irish mutation
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

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Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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Laigin m pl

  1. 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.
  2. (plural only) Leinster (a province of Ireland)

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative LaiginL
Vocative LaigniuH
Accusative LaigniuH
Genitive LaigenN
Dative Laignib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Laigin
also Llaigin after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
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

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References

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  1. ^ Connolly, Sean J. (2007) Oxford Companion to Irish History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308

Further reading

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