liogh
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish líag (“spoon, ladle”), from Proto-Celtic *lēgā (“spoon”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“lick”). Cognate with Welsh llwy (“spoon”); and with Old English liccian (whence lick), Latin plānus (“I lick (up)”). Compare Irish liach.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editliogh f (genitive singular lèigh, plural lioghan)
Etymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editliogh f (genitive singular lèigh, plural lioghan)
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
liogh | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns
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