léicid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *linkʷīti, from Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti, nasal-infix present of *leykʷ- (to leave).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl͈ʲeːɡʲiðʲ/

Verb

léicid (conjunct ·léici, verbal noun léiciud or léciud)

  1. to leave, abandon, release, let go
  2. to let, allow, permit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:léicid.

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: lig
  • Manx: lhig
  • Scottish Gaelic: leig

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
léicid
also lléicid after a proclitic
léicid
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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