lígdae

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From (brilliance lustre) +‎ -dae. The g is from partly inflecting as a g-stem.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lígdae

  1. brilliant, lustrous
    Synonyms: lígach, lígmar, caindlech, finn, lainnerda
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Prol. 214; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Ro·milled in gentlecht
      cíarbo lígdae lethan
      ro·lín flaith Dé Athar
      nem, talam la trethan.
      Heathendom has been destroyed
      though it was fair and widespread:
      The kingdom of God the Father has filled
      the heaven, earth, and sea.

Inflection

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io/iā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lígdae lígdae lígdae
Vocative lígdai
Accusative lígdae lígdai
Genitive lígdai lígdae lígdai
Dative lígdu lígdai lígdu
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative lígdai lígdai
Vocative lígdai
lígdu*
Accusative lígdai
lígdu*
Genitive lígdae
Dative lígdaib
Notes * when substantivized

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: lígda

Mutation

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

Further reading

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