laigid

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *legeti, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Pronunciation

Verb

laigid (conjunct ·laig, verbal noun lige)

  1. to lie down
  2. to be lying down, to sleep
  3. to fall, to set in
  4. to set (of the sun)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: luigh
  • Manx: lhie
  • Scottish Gaelic: laigh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
laigid
also llaigid after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
laigid
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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