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Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *llọɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *lāɸigos (“calf”) (compare Old Irish lóeg, Welsh llo, Breton leue), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“cattle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
leugh m (plural leughi)
- calf (young cow)
- calf, fawn (young deer)
Derived terms
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish légaid, from Latin legō.
Pronunciation
Verb
leugh (past leugh, future leughaidh, verbal noun leughadh, past participle leughte)
- to read
Bha e inntinneach sin a leughadh.- It was interesting to read that.
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 188
- ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99, Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN