líaig

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *leigis, generally connected with Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz (“doctor, physician”). See there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l͈ʲiːa̯ɣʲ]

Noun

líaig m

1. doctor, physician

Inflection

Masculine i-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	líaig	líaigL	legiH
vocative	líaig	líaigL	legiH
accusative	líaigN	líaigL	legiH
genitive	legoH, legaH	legoH, legaH	legeN
dative	líaigL	legib	legib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: lia
• Scottish Gaelic: lèigh

Mutation

Mutation of líaig

radical	lenition	nasalization
líaig also llíaig after a proclitic ending in a vowel	líaig 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), “líaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language