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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *leigis, generally connected with Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz (“doctor, physician”).[1] See there for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
líaig m
- doctor, physician
Inflection
| Masculine i-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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líaig
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líaigL
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legiH
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| Vocative
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líaig
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líaigL
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legiH
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| Accusative
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líaigN
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líaigL
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legiH
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| Genitive
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legoH, legaH
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legoH, legaH
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legeN
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| Dative
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líaigL
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legib
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legib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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líaig
also llíaig after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
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líaig
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lēkja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
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