Middle Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish nigid, from Proto-Celtic *nigyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ-.

Pronunciation edit

  • (earlier) IPA(key): /ˈn͈ʲi.ɣʲəðʲ/
  • (later) IPA(key): /ˈn͈ʲi.ɣʲəɣʲ/

Verb edit

nigid (conjunct ·nig, verbal noun nige)

  1. to wash

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Irish: nigh
  • Manx: niee
  • Scottish Gaelic: nigh

Further reading edit

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *nigyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ-.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

nigid (conjunct ·nig, verbal noun nige)

  1. to wash
    • "A Fragment of Old Irish", in Ériu volume 2 (1905, Royal Irish Academy), pages 221-226, edited and with translations by Osborn J. Bergin
      Etag berar do aes tuattu, cot·étet deman co·róenastar; ⁊ ní anaich a chrothad nach a flescad, acht a nige.
      A garment which is taken from the laity, a demon accompanies it till it has been washed; and it serves not to shake it or beat it, but to wash it.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nigid

  1. Nasal mutation of digid.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
digid ddigid nigid unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.