laige
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish laice, from Proto-Celtic *laggiyā, abstract noun of *laggos. By surface analysis, lag + -e
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
laige f (genitive singular laige, nominative plural laigí)
- weakness, debility, frailty, feebleness, fragility
- téigh i laige ― to weaken (literally, “go into weakness”)
- faint (act of fainting), swoon
- téigh/tit i laige ― to faint, pass out (literally, “go/fall into a faint”)
- faintness (property of being or feeling faint)
- dimness (of light)
- failing, foible
Further reading edit
- “laige”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “laice”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “laige”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 414
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
laige
- inflection of lag:
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 71