Laigin
Middle Irish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editLaigin m pl
- Leinstermen
- (plural only) Leinster (a 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
editMutation
editMiddle 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
editFurther 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
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editProper noun
editLaigin 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
editMasculine 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
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
Laigin also Llaigin after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
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
editReferences
editFurther 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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- Middle Irish lemmas
- Middle Irish proper nouns
- Middle Irish masculine nouns
- Middle Irish pluralia tantum
- mga:Provinces of Ireland
- mga:Places in Ireland
- Middle Irish terms with quotations
- Old Irish terms derived from Celtic languages
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish proper nouns
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- Old Irish pluralia tantum
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- sga:Provinces of Ireland
- sga:Places in Ireland
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