laogh

Irish

Noun

laogh m (genitive singular laoigh, nominative plural laoigh or laoghanna)

1. Superseded spelling of lao.

Scottish Gaelic

Laogh (1) fèidh.

Laogh (1) bà.

Etymology

From Old Irish lóeg. Cognates include Irish lao and Manx lheiy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɯːɣ/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [l̪ˠɯːɣ], [l̪ˠəɪɣ]
• Hyphenation: laogh

Noun

laogh m (genitive singular laoigh, plural laoigh)

1. calf, fawn, kid (young of a cow or deer)
2. friend
3. term of endearment for a child.

Declension

Declension of laogh (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	laogh	laoigh
Genitive	laoigh	laogh
Dative	laogh	laoigh; laoghaibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) laogh	(na) laoigh
Genitive	(an) laoigh	(nan) laogh
Dative	(an) laogh	(na) laoigh; laoghaibh✝
Vocative	laoigh	laogha

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

• (diminutive): laoghan

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
laogh	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “laogh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Colin Mark (2003) “laogh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 380
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lóeg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language