lesc

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Old Irish

Etymology

Stifter reconstructs Proto-Celtic *leg-sk-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie physically”).

Adjective

lesc

  1. lazy
  2. sluggish

Inflection

o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lesc lesc lesc
vocative leisc*
lesc**
accusative lesc leisc
genitive leisc lescae leisc
dative lesc leisc lesc
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative leisc lesca
vocative lescu
lesca†
accusative lescu
lesca†
genitive lesc
dative lescaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: lesc

Mutation

Mutation of lesc
radical lenition nasalization
lesc
also llesc after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		lesc
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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