loingeas

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish loinges, from Old Irish longas,[1] from Proto-Celtic *longestā, a derivative of *longā. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic luingeas, Manx lhuingys, and more distantly Welsh llynges.

Pronunciation

Noun

loingeas m (genitive singular loingis, nominative plural loingis)

  1. (collective) ships
  2. shipping (body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry)
  3. fleet (group of vessels)

Declension

Declension of loingeas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative loingeas loingis
vocative a loingis a loingeasa
genitive loingis loingeas
dative loingeas loingis
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an loingeas na loingis
genitive an loingis na loingeas
dative leis an loingeas
don loingeas 		leis na loingis

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References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “loinges”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 47, page 25

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