Lugaid

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌᚒᚇᚓᚉᚉᚐᚄ (lugudeccas), from Proto-Celtic *Lugudeks (“one who serves the god Lugus”) from *Lugus +‎ *dekos (“honor”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱos (“that which is proper”). Compare Gaulish Lucudeca.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lugaid m (genitive Luigdech)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Masculine k-stem
singular dual plural
nominative Lugaid — —
vocative Lugaid — —
accusative LuigdigN — —
genitive Luigdech — —
dative LuigdigL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: Lughaidh

Mutation

Mutation of Lugaid
radical lenition nasalization
Lugaid
also Llugaid after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		Lugaid
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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