luí

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See also: lui, Lui, luì, and -lui

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish lige (“act of lying down; bed”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *legyom, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”).

Pronunciation

Verb

luí

  1. analytic present subjunctive of luigh

Noun

luí m (genitive singular as substantive luí, genitive as verbal noun luite)

  1. verbal noun of luigh
  2. (act or state of) lying down, prostration
    Tá mé i mo luí.
    I am lying down.
  3. setting (of heavenly bodies)
    luí na gréine ― sunset
    luí na gealaí ― moonset
  4. inclination, tendency
    Tá luí chun léirscriosta aige.
    He has a propensity to destruction.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 121, page 65
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 112, page 44
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 149, page 59

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlowī (“rudder”) (compare Welsh llyw), from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“flow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλόος (plóos, “sailing”), English float.

Pronunciation

Noun

luí f (genitive luae)

  1. rudder

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative luíL luíL luíH
Vocative luíL luíL luíH
Accusative luíN luíL luíH
Genitive luaeH luaeL luaeN
Dative luíL luaib luaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
luí
also lluí after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		luí
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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