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

Simple, class A II present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Abs.
	Conj.	·léicim		·léci; ·léicci		·léicid
	Rel.
Imperfect indicative								·léicthe
Preterite	Abs.			léccis
	Conj.			·léic, ·léicc
	Rel.
Perfect	Deut.		ro·léicis	ro·léic
	Prot.			·relic
Future	Abs.				léicfimmi		lécfit	léicfidir
	Conj.				·léicfem
	Rel.				lléicfimme
Conditional				·léicfed			·léicfitis
Present subjunctive	Abs.
	Conj.		·léce
	Rel.
Past subjunctive			ro·léicthea
Imperative			léic, léicc			léicid
Verbal noun		léciud, léiciud
Past participle
Verbal of necessity		léicthi

Derived terms

• ar·léici
• ar·osailci
• as·oilgi
• con·airléici
• do·atailci
• do·fúasailci
• do·léici

Descendants

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

Mutation

Mutation of léicid

radical	lenition	nasalization
léicid also lléicid after a proclitic ending in a vowel	léicid pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léicid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 562