laghdaigh
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish lagdaigid. By surface analysis, laghad + -igh.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]laghdaigh (present analytic laghdaíonn, future analytic laghdóidh, verbal noun laghdú, past participle laghdaithe)
- (transitive, intransitive) to lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, abate
- Synonym: beagaigh
- (ditransitive) to cost (a person an amount)
- Synonym: cosain
- nár laghdaigh scilling é ― which cost him not a shilling
Usage notes
[edit]- This verb can be used transitively, but it is often used intransitively with ar to express a transitive meaning, for example laghdú ar phionós (“to reduce a penalty”).
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of laghdaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- laghdaithe (“diminished (also as a musical term)”)
Further reading
[edit]- “laghdaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lagdaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “laġduiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 413
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “laghdaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 81
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lengʷʰ-
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms suffixed with -igh
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
- Irish intransitive verbs
- Irish ditransitive verbs
- Irish terms with usage examples
- Irish second-conjugation verbs