Lug
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lug"
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lug
- Alternative spelling of Lugh
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cf. lügen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]Lug m (strong, genitive Luges or Lugs, no plural)[1]
- (rare, formal) a falsehood, a lie[1][2]
- 1957, Lion Feuchtwanger, Jefta und seine Tochter, Berlin:
- Auch hatte Jefta seinen Lug und Dunst treuherzig vorgebracht.[1]
- Jephta had also honestly presented his lies and vagaries.
Usage notes
[edit]- Usually in Lug und Trug.
References
[edit]Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌ (lug), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.
Proper noun
[edit]Lug m (genitive Loga)
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | Lug | — | — |
| Vocative | Lug | — | — |
| Accusative | LugN | — | — |
| Genitive | LogoH, LogaH | — | — |
| Dative | LugL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
[edit]- Irish: Lú, Lugh (superseded)
- → English: Lugh
- Scottish Gaelic: Lùgh
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