lesc
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Stifter reconstructs Proto-Celtic *leg-sk-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie physically”).
Adjective
[edit]lesc
Inflection
[edit]| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | lesc | lesc | lesc |
| Vocative | leisc* lesc** | ||
| Accusative | lesc | leisc | |
| Genitive | leisc | lescae | leisc |
| Dative | lesc | leisc | lesc |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | leisc | lesca | |
| Vocative | lescu lesca† | ||
| Accusative | lescu lesca† | ||
| Genitive | lesc | ||
| Dative | lescaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| lesc also llesc after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
lesc 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
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lesc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language