Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌᚒᚇᚓᚉᚉᚐᚄ (lugudeccas), from Proto-Celtic *Lugudeks (one who serves the god Lugus) from *Lugus +‎ *dekos (honor), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱos (that which is proper). Compare Gaulish Lucudeca.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Lugaid m (genitive Luigdech)

  1. a male given name

Declension edit

Masculine k-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Lugaid
Vocative Lugaid
Accusative LuigdigN
Genitive Luigdech
Dative LuigdigL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Irish: Lughaidh

Mutation edit

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

Further reading edit