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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish loscaid (compare Irish loisc), from Proto-Celtic *lasketi (“to shine, burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *lh₂p-sḱéti, (bearing the present-forming suffix *-sḱéti), from the telic root *leh₂p- (“to light, shine”). Related to Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “I shine”).
Pronunciation
Verb
loisg (past loisg, future loisgidh, verbal noun losgadh, past participle loisgte)
- burn, scorch, charr, sear, cremate
- fire (a gun, etc.)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Rix, Helmut (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN