lagdaigid

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lagat (“smallness, scantiness, fewness”) +‎ -igid.

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈl͈aɣdəɣʲəðʲ/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈl͈aɣdəɣʲəɣʲ/

Verb

lagdaigid

1. (transitive) to diminish, to decrease
2. (intransitive) to grow small, to diminish

Descendants

• Irish: laghdaigh

Further reading

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