laogh
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Irish[edit]
Noun[edit]
laogh m (genitive singular laoigh, nominative plural laoigh or laoghanna)
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish lóeg. Cognates include Irish lao and Manx lheiy.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
laogh m (genitive singular laoigh, plural laoigh)
- calf, fawn, kid (young of a cow or deer)
- friend
- term of endearment for a child.
Declension[edit]
Declension of laogh (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | laogh | laoigh |
Genitive | laoigh | laogh |
Dative | laogh | laoigh; laoghaibh* |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (an) laogh | (na) laoigh |
Genitive | (an) laoigh | (nan) laogh |
Dative | (an) laogh | (na) laoigh; laoghaibh* |
Vocative | (a) laoigh | (a) laogha |
*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century
Derived terms[edit]
- (diminutive): laoghan
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
laogh | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “laogh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Colin Mark (2003), “laogh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 380
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lóeg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish superseded forms
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
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- Scottish Gaelic first-declension nouns
- gd:Baby animals
- gd:Bovines
- gd:Cervids
- gd:People