Lugh

See also: lugh

English

Alternative forms

Lug
Lú

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Lugh, from Old Irish Lug, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌ (lug), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

Proper noun

Lugh

(Irish mythology) A pre-Christian Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past: the son of Cian and Ethniu.

Translations

Irish deity

Irish: Lú
Old Irish: Lug

Primitive Irish: ᚂᚒᚌ (lug)

See also

Lámhfhada ("long hand")
Samh-ildánach ("Summer-multi-talented", "skilled in many arts")
Lonnbeimnech ("sword-shouter")
Macnia ("boy hero")
mac Ethlenn (matronymic, "son of Ethliu")
mac Ethnenn (matronymic, "son of Ethniu")

Anagrams

Guhl

Irish

Proper noun

Lugh m (genitive Logha)

Superseded spelling of Lú.

References

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Luġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society

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