lígdae
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom lí (“brilliance lustre”) + -dae. The g is from lí partly inflecting as a g-stem.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editlígdae
- brilliant, lustrous
- c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Prol. 214; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
- Ro·milled in gentlecht
cíarbo lígdae lethan
ro·lín flaith Dé Athar
nem, talam la trethan.- Heathendom has been destroyed
though it was fair and widespread:
The kingdom of God the Father has filled
the heaven, earth, and sea.
- Heathendom has been destroyed
Inflection
editio/iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | lígdae | lígdae | lígdae |
Vocative | lígdai | ||
Accusative | lígdae | lígdai | |
Genitive | lígdai | lígdae | lígdai |
Dative | lígdu | lígdai | lígdu |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | lígdai | lígdai | |
Vocative | lígdai lígdu* | ||
Accusative | lígdai lígdu* | ||
Genitive | lígdae | ||
Dative | lígdaib | ||
Notes | * when substantivized |
Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
lígdae also llígdae after a proclitic |
lígdae 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- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lígda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language