laíches

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• láiches

Etymology

Related to its masculine counterpart láech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈aːi̯.xʲəs/

Noun

laíches f (nominative plural laíchesa)

1. laywoman
2. wife of a warrior

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	laíchesL	laíchisL	laíchesaH
Vocative	laíchesL	laíchisL	laíchesaH
Accusative	laíchisN	laíchisL	laíchesaH
Genitive	laíchiseH	laíchesL	laíchesN
Dative	laíchisL	laíchesaib	laíchesaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
laíches also llaíches after a proclitic	laíches 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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “laíches”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language