lúas

See also: luas and Luas

Galician

Noun

lúas

1. plural of lúa

Old Irish

Etymology

Akin to lúath (“quick, swift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈uːa̯s/

Noun

lúas m

1. swiftness, speed

Inflection

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lúas	—	—
vocative	lúas	—	—
accusative	lúasN	—	—
genitive	lúasoH, lúasaH	—	—
dative	lúasL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Irish: luas
• Manx: laueys
• Scottish Gaelic: lùths

Mutation

Mutation of lúas

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

Spanish

Noun

lúas f pl

1. plural of lúa