ligh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ligid, from Proto-Celtic *ligeti, from Proto-Indo-European *léyǵʰti. Cognates include English lick and Russian лиза́ть (lizátʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

ligh (present analytic líonn, future analytic lífidh, verbal noun , past participle lite)

  1. (ambitransitive) lick
  2. (transitive) fawn on

Conjugation

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ligid, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-. Cognates include English lick, Russian лиза́ть (lizátʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

ligh (past ligh, future lighidh, verbal noun , past participle lighte)

  1. (archaic) lick

Conjugation

Conjugation of ligh (regular)
stem ligh
verbal noun
past participle lighte
singular plural impersonal
first second third m/f first second third
independent past ligh mi ligh thu ligh e/i ligh sinn ligh sibh ligh iad ligheadh
future lighidh mi lighidh tu lighidh e/i lighidh sinn lighidh sibh lighidh iad lighear
lightear
conditional lighinn ligheadh tu ligheadh e/i ligheamaid
ligheadh sinn
ligheadh sibh ligheadh iad lighteadh
lighist1
lighiste1
negative past cha do ligh mi cha do ligh thu cha do ligh e/i cha do ligh sinn cha do ligh sibh cha do ligh iad cha do ligheadh
future cha ligh mi cha ligh thu cha ligh e/i cha ligh sinn cha ligh sibh cha ligh iad cha lighear
cha lightear
conditional cha lighinn cha ligheadh tu cha ligheadh e/i cha ligheamaid
cha ligheadh sinn
cha ligheadh sibh cha ligheadh iad cha lighteadh
cha lighist1
cha lighiste1
affirmative
interrogative
past an do ligh mi? an do ligh thu? an do ligh e/i? an do ligh sinn? an do ligh sibh? an do ligh iad? an do ligheadh?
future an ligh mi? an ligh thu? an ligh e/i? an ligh sinn? an ligh sibh? an ligh iad? an lighear?
an lightear?
conditional an lighinn? an ligheadh tu? an ligheadh e/i? an ligheamaid?
an ligheadh sinn?
an ligheadh sibh? an ligheadh iad? an lighteadh?
an lighist?1
an lighiste?1
negative
interrogative
past nach do ligh mi? nach do ligh thu? nach do ligh e/i? nach do ligh sinn? nach do ligh sibh? nach do ligh iad? nach do ligheadh?
future nach ligh mi? nach ligh thu? nach ligh e/i? nach ligh sinn? nach ligh sibh? nach ligh iad? nach lighear?
nach lightear?
conditional nach lighinn? nach ligheadh tu? nach ligheadh e/i? nach ligheamaid?
nach ligheadh sinn?
nach ligheadh sibh? nach ligheadh iad? nach lighteadh?
nach lighist?1
nach lighiste?1
relative
future
affirmative (ma) ligheas mi (ma) ligheas thu (ma) ligheas e/i (ma) ligheas sinn (ma) ligheas sibh (ma) ligheas iad (ma) lighear
negative (mur) ligh mi (mur) ligh thu (mur) ligh e/i (mur) ligh sinn (mur) ligh sibh (mur) ligh iad (mur) lighear
(mur) lightear
imperative ligheam ligh ligheadh e/i ligheamaid lighibh ligheadh iad lighear
lightear

1 Lewis dialect form

Synonyms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ligh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ligid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language