Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *lēgis, generally connected with Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz (doctor, physician).[1] See there for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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líaig m

  1. doctor, physician

Inflection

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Masculine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative líaig líaigL legiH
Vocative líaig líaigL legiH
Accusative líaigN líaigL legiH
Genitive legoH, legaH legoH, legaH legeN
Dative líaigL legib legib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: lia
  • Scottish Gaelic: lèigh

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lēkja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331

Further reading

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