laogh

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Irish

Noun

laogh m (genitive singular laoigh, nominative plural laoigh or laoghanna)

  1. Superseded spelling of lao.

Scottish Gaelic

Laogh (1) fèidh.
Laogh (1) bà.

Etymology

From Old Irish lóeg. Cognates include Irish lao and Manx lheiy.

Pronunciation

Noun

laogh m (genitive singular laoigh, plural laoigh)

  1. calf, fawn, kid (young of a cow or deer)
  2. friend
  3. term of endearment for a child.

Declension

Declension of laogh (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative laogh laoigh
genitive laoigh laogh
dative laogh laoigh; laoghaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) laogh (na) laoigh
genitive (an) laoigh (nan) laogh
dative (an) laogh (na) laoigh; laoghaibh✝
vocative laoigh laogha

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of laogh
radical lenition
laogh unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “laogh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Colin Mark (2003) “laogh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 380
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lóeg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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