lerg

Old Irish

Etymology

Cognate with Old Armenian ողորկ (ołork, “smooth”) and լերկ (lerk, “hairless”).

Noun

lerg f

1. hillside
2. battlefield
3. surface, level

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lergL	leirgL	lergaH
vocative	lergL	leirgL	lergaH
accusative	leirgN	leirgL	lergaH
genitive	leirgeH	lergL	lergN
dative	leirgL	lergaib	lergaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Related terms

• leirg

Descendants

• Irish: learg