Laigin
Middle Irish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Laigin m pl
- Leinstermen
- (plural only) Leinster (province of Ireland)
- c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
- Boí rí amra for Laignib, .i. Mac Dathó a ainm.
- There was a wonderful king over Leinster; Mac Dathó was his name.
Declension edit
- Dative plural: Laignib
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
Laigin | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Laigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From the early Celtic tribe the Laigin, probably from láigen (“spear”), which is probably from the same source that gave Celtiberian/Latin lancea (“light spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (“to hit”)[1] More at w:Laigin § Etymology.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Laigin m pl
- Leinstermen
- c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick (1939, Hodges, Figgis), edited and with translations by Kathleen Mulchrone, line 2234
- Is hé iarom in Fíacc sin epscop citaroir[d]ned la Laigniu.
- Fiacc is thereafter the first bishop among the Leinstermen to be ordained.
- c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick (1939, Hodges, Figgis), edited and with translations by Kathleen Mulchrone, line 2234
- (plural only) Leinster (a province of Ireland)
Inflection edit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | — | — | LaiginL |
Vocative | — | — | LaigniuH |
Accusative | — | — | LaigniuH |
Genitive | — | — | LaigenN |
Dative | — | — | Laignib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
Laigin also Llaigin after a proclitic |
Laigin pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See also edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Laigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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