loisc

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish loscaid (compare Scottish Gaelic loisg),[1] from Proto-Celtic *lasketi (“to shine, burn”) (whence Welsh llosgi (“to burn”)), from Proto-Indo-European *lh₂p-sḱéti, (bearing the present-forming suffix *-sḱe-), from the telic root *leh₂p- (“to light, shine”). Related to Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “I shine”).

Pronunciation

Verb

loisc (present analytic loisceann, future analytic loiscfidh, verbal noun loscadh, past participle loiscthe)

  1. to burn, scorch
  2. to sting
  3. (hematology, surgery) to cauterize

Conjugation

conjugation of loisc (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present loiscim loisceann tú;
loiscir† 		loisceann sé, sí loiscimid loisceann sibh loisceann siad;
loiscid† 		a loisceann; a loisceas loisctear
past loisc mé; loisceas loisc tú; loiscis loisc sé, sí loisceamar; loisc muid loisc sibh; loisceabhair loisc siad; loisceadar a loisc /
ar loisc* 		loisceadh
past habitual loiscinn loiscteá loisceadh sé, sí loiscimis; loisceadh muid loisceadh sibh loiscidís; loisceadh siad a loisceadh /
a loisceadh* 		loisctí
future loiscfidh mé;
loiscfead 		loiscfidh tú;
loiscfir† 		loiscfidh sé, sí loiscfimid;
loiscfidh muid 		loiscfidh sibh loiscfidh siad;
loiscfid† 		a loiscfidh; a loiscfeas loiscfear
conditional loiscfinn loiscfeá loiscfeadh sé, sí loiscfimis; loiscfeadh muid loiscfeadh sibh loiscfidís; loiscfeadh siad a loiscfeadh /
a loiscfeadh* 		loiscfí
subjunctive present go loisce mé;
go loiscead† 		go loisce tú;
go loiscir† 		go loisce sé, sí go loiscimid;
go loisce muid 		go loisce sibh go loisce siad;
go loiscid† 		— go loisctear
past dá loiscinn dá loiscteá dá loisceadh sé, sí dá loiscimis;
dá loisceadh muid 		dá loisceadh sibh dá loiscidís;
dá loisceadh siad 		— dá loisctí
imperative loiscim loisc loisceadh sé, sí loiscimis loiscigí;
loiscidh† 		loiscidís — loisctear
verbal noun loscadh
past participle loiscthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “loiscid”, 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, § 77, page 42

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