loing

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Irish[edit]

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Noun[edit]

loing

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of long

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 25
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43

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Adverb[edit]

loing

  1. far; far away

Descendants[edit]

  • French: loin

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin longē (far away), from longus (long, far).

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loing

  1. far; far away

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *lungeti (put, place) (compare Welsh ellwng and dillwng (to set free, release) from *(dī-)exs-lungo-), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (to bend). Cognate with Latin luctor (to wrestle) and Old English lūcan (to lock).

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Verb[edit]

·loing

  1. Only used in fo·loing and in·loing.

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