laogh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lóeg, from Proto-Celtic *laygos (“calf”) (compare Welsh llo, Cornish leugh), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“cattle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫ̪ɯːɣ/

Noun

laogh m (genitive singular laoigh, plural laoghan or laoigh)

1. calf, fawn, the young of a cow or deer
2. friend
3. term of endearment for a child

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “laogh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lóeg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language