loing

See also: Loing

Irish

Alternative forms

luing (superseded)

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠiːɲɟ/[1]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɪɲ/[2]

Noun

loing

(archaic, dialectal) dative singular of long

References

Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 47, page 25
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 43

Middle French

Adverb

loing

far; far away

Descendants

French: loin

Old French

Etymology

From Latin longē (“far away”), from longus (“long, far”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lu(i̯)ɲ/

Adverb

loing

far; far away
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
  Chevaliers, fet ele, de loing
  "Sir", said she, from afar

Derived terms

loingtien

Related terms

Descendants

French: loin

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lungeti (“put, place”) (compare Welsh ellwng and dillwng (“to set free, release”) from *(dī-)exs-lungo-), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”). Cognate with Latin luctor (“to wrestle”) and Old English lūcan (“to lock”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l͈oŋʲɡʲ/

Verb

·loing

Only used in fo·loing and in·loing.

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lu-n-g-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 249

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