loisc
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish loiscid (compare Scottish Gaelic loisg), from Proto-Celtic *laɸsketi (“to shine, burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *lh₂p-sḱéti, (bearing the present-forming suffix *-sḱe-), from the telic root *leh₂p- (“to light, shine”). Related to Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “I shine”).
Pronunciation
Verb
loisc (present analytic loisceann, future analytic loiscfidh, verbal noun loscadh, past participle loiscthe)
Conjugation
conjugation of loisc (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “loiscid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “loisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A