luí

See also: lui, Lui, luì, and -lui

Irish

Alternative forms

• loighe
• luighe (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish lige (“act of lying down; bed”), from Proto-Celtic *legyom, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɪː/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠəi/ (corresponding to the form loighe)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɪː/; /l̪ˠəi̯/, /l̪ˠɔi̯/ (corresponding to the form loighe)

Verb

luí

1. analytic present subjunctive of luigh

Noun

luí m (genitive singular as substantive luí, genitive as verbal noun luite)

1. verbal noun of luigh
2. (act or state of) lying down, prostration

   Tá mé i mo luí.

   I am lying down.

3. setting (of heavenly bodies)

   luí na gréine ― sunset

   luí na gealaí ― moonset

4. inclination, tendency

   Tá luí chun léirscriosta aige.

   He has a propensity to destruction.

Derived terms

• am luí (“bedtime”)
• bean luí (“concubine, mistress”)
• luí isteach (“to apply”)
• tromluí (“nightmare”)

 

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “luiġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 451
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlowī (“rudder”) (compare Welsh llyw), from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“flow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλόος (plóos, “sailing”), English float.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l͈uːi̯]

Noun

luí f (genitive luae)

1. rudder

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	luíL	luíL	luíH
Vocative	luíL	luíL	luíH
Accusative	luíN	luíL	luíH
Genitive	luaeH	luaeL	luaeN
Dative	luíL	luaib	luaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
luí also lluí after a proclitic ending in a vowel	luí pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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