laigh
Irish edit
Verb edit
laigh (present analytic laigheann, future analytic laighfidh, verbal noun laigh, past participle laighte)
- Alternative form of luigh
Scots edit
Adjective edit
laigh (comparative laigher, superlative laighest)
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish laigid, from Proto-Celtic *lego-, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan) and Old Church Slavonic лещи (lešti).[1]
Verb edit
laigh (past laigh, future laighidh, verbal noun laighe, past participle laighte)
- lie (be in recumbent position)
- laigh le ― sleep with
- lay
- lean, light, land
- perch
- settle, recline, press upon
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*leg-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 236