luigh
Irish
Alternative forms
- laigh
- loigh
Etymology
From Old Irish laigid, from Proto-Celtic *legeti, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan) and Old Church Slavonic лежати (ležati).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠɪɟ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /l̪ˠɔ/ (reflecting the alternative form loigh)
- (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠiː/
Verb
luigh (present analytic luíonn, future analytic luífidh, verbal noun luí, past participle luite)
- to lie (be in or assume a horizontal position)
- Luigh leis an uan, agus éirigh leis an éan.
- Lie with the lamb, and rise with the bird.
Conjugation
conjugation of luigh (first conjugation – C)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | luím | luíonn tú; luír† |
luíonn sé, sí | luímid | luíonn sibh | luíonn siad; luíd† |
a luíonn; a luíos | luitear |
past | luigh mé; luíos | luigh tú; luís |
luigh sé, sí | luíomar; luigh muid | luigh sibh; luíobhair | luigh siad; luíodar | a luigh / ar luigh* |
luíodh | |
past habitual | luínn | luiteá | luíodh sé, sí | luimis; luíodh muid | luíodh sibh | luidís; luíodh siad | a luíodh / a luíodh* |
luití | |
future | luífidh mé; luífead |
luífidh tú; luífir† |
luífidh sé, sí | luífimid; luífidh muid |
luífidh sibh | luífidh siad; luífid† |
a luífidh; a luífeas | luífear | |
conditional | luífinn | luífeá | luífeadh sé, sí | luífimis; luífeadh muid | luífeadh sibh | luífidís; luífeadh siad | a luífeadh / a luífeadh* |
luífí | |
subjunctive | present | go luí mé; go luíod† |
go luí tú; go luír† |
go luí sé, sí | go luímid; go luí muid |
go luí sibh | go luí siad; go luíd† |
— | go luitear |
past | dá luínn | dá luiteá | dá luíodh sé, sí | dá luimis; dá luíodh muid |
dá luíodh sibh | dá luidís; dá luíodh siad |
— | dá luití | |
imperative | luím | luigh | luíodh sé, sí | luímis | luígí; luídh† |
luídís | — | luitear | |
verbal noun | luí | ||||||||
past participle | luite |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms
- luigh isteach
Further reading
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*leg-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “laigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “luiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 451
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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