lígdae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• lígda

Etymology

From lí (“brilliance lustre”) +‎ -dae. The g is from lí partly inflecting as a g-stem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl͈ʲiːɣðe/

Adjective

lígdae

1. brilliant, lustrous

   Synonyms: lígach, lígmar, caindlech, finn, lainnerda

   • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Prol. 214; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:

     Ro·milled in gentlecht
     cíarbo lígdae lethan
     ro·lín flaith Dé Athar
     nem, talam la trethan.

     Heathendom has been destroyed
     though it was fair and widespread:
     The kingdom of God the Father has filled
     the heaven, earth, and sea.

Inflection

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lígdae	lígdae	lígdae
Vocative	lígdai
Accusative	lígdae	lígdai
Genitive	lígdai	lígdae	lígdai
Dative	lígdu	lígdai	lígdu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	lígdai	lígdai
Vocative	lígdai lígdu*
Accusative	lígdai lígdu*
Genitive	lígdae
Dative	lígdaib
Notes	* when substantivized

Descendants

• Middle Irish: lígda
  • Irish: líoga
  • >? Scottish Gaelic: lìth

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lígdae also llígdae after a proclitic ending in a vowel	lígdae pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lígda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language