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loingeas

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish loinges, from Old Irish longas,[1] from Proto-Celtic *longestā, a derivative of *longā. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic loingeas, Manx lhuingys, and more distantly Welsh llynges.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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loingeas m (genitive singular loingis, nominative plural loingis)

  1. (collective) ships
  2. shipping (body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry)
  3. fleet (group of vessels)

Declension

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Declension of loingeas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative loingeas loingis
Vocative a loingis a loingeasa
Genitive loingis loingeas
Dative loingeas loingis

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an loingeas na loingis
Genitive an loingis na loingeas
Dative leis an loingeas

don loingeas

leis na loingis

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “loinges”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 47, page 25

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