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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh llosg, from Old Welsh losc, from Proto-Celtic *luxskā, from Proto-Indo-European *luk-s-ko-s, from *lewk- (“bright”). Cognate of Old Cornish losc, Old Irish loscaid (“to burn”), and Russian лоск (losk, “gloss”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
llosg (feminine singular llosg, plural llosg, equative llosged, comparative llosgach, superlative llosgaf)
- burning
Derived terms
Verb
llosg
- second-person singular imperative of llosgi
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) “losc-i 'burn'”, in Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, 4.1.69., page 394