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
Notes *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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