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English
Proper noun
Lug
- Alternative spelling of Lugh
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Cf. lügen.
Pronunciation
Noun
Lug m (strong, genitive Luges or Lugs, no plural)
- (rare, formal) a falsehood, a lie
1957, Lion Feuchtwanger, Jefta und seine Tochter, Berlin:Auch hatte Jefta seinen Lug und Dunst treuherzig vorgebracht.- Jephta had also honestly presented his lies and vagaries.
Usage notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “Lug” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- ^ “Lug” in Duden online
Old Irish
Etymology
From Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌ (lug), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.
Proper noun
Lug m (genitive Loga)
- (Irish mythology) Lugh
Inflection
| Masculine u-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Lug
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| Vocative
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Lug
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| Accusative
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LugN
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| Genitive
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LogoH, LogaH
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| Dative
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LugL
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants