líach
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See also: liach
Old Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]líach f
Inflection
[edit]Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | líachL | léigL | líachaH |
Vocative | líachL | léigL | líachaH |
Accusative | léigN | léigL | líachaH |
Genitive | léigeH | líachL | líachN |
Dative | léigL | líachaib | líachaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Etymology 2
[edit]Probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“illness”).[1]
Adjective
[edit]líach
Inflection
[edit]o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | líach | líach | líach |
Vocative | léig* líach** | ||
Accusative | líach | léig | |
Genitive | léig | léige | léig |
Dative | líach | léig | líach |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | léig | líacha | |
Vocative | líachu líacha† | ||
Accusative | líachu líacha† | ||
Genitive | líach | ||
Dative | líachaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Mutation
[edit]Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
líach also llíach after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
líach pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λοιγός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 869
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 líach ‘pitiful’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 líach ‘spoon’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language