Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

lóeg (calf) +‎ aire (guarding, watch), which also explains the iā-stem inflection.

Proper noun edit

Lóegaire m (genitive Lóegaire)

  1. a male given name

Inflection edit

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative LóegaireL
Vocative LóegaireL
Accusative LóegairiN
Genitive Lóegaire
Dative LóegairiL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Irish: Laoghaire

Mutation edit

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