liogh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• liagh

Etymology 1

From 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

• IPA^(key): /ʎɤɣ/

Noun

liogh f (genitive singular lèigh, plural lioghan)

1. blade (of an oar, helicopter, etc.), vane (of a mill)
2. ladle

Etymology 2

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Noun

liogh f (genitive singular lèigh, plural lioghan)

1. hero, brave person

   Nach tu fhèin mo liogh? ― Aren't you my brave fellow?

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
liogh	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.