Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *linkʷīti, from Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti, nasal-infix present of *leykʷ- (to leave).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈl͈ʲeːɡʲiðʲ/

Verb edit

léicid (conjunct ·léici, verbal noun léiciud or léciud)

  1. to leave, abandon, release, let go
  2. to let, allow, permit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:léicid.

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Irish: lig
  • Manx: lhig
  • Scottish Gaelic: leig

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
léicid
also lléicid after a proclitic
léicid
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