Lugh
See also: lugh
English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Irish Lugh, from Old Irish Lug, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌ (lug), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.
Proper noun edit
Lugh
- (Irish mythology) A pre-Christian Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past: the son of Cian and Ethniu.
Translations edit
See also edit
- Lámhfhada ("long hand")
- Samh-ildánach ("Summer-multi-talented", "skilled in many arts")
- Lonnbeimnech ("sword-shouter")
- Macnia ("boy hero")
- mac Ethlenn (matronymic, "son of Ethliu")
- mac Ethnenn (matronymic, "son of Ethniu")
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Proper noun edit
Lugh m (genitive Logha)
References edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Luġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society