Lughaidh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Lugaid, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌᚒᚇᚓᚉᚉᚐᚄ (lugudeccas), from Proto-Celtic *Lugudeks (“one who serves the god Lugus”) from *Lugus +‎ *dekos (“honor”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱos (“that which is proper”). Compare Gaulish Lucudeca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠuəj/[1]

Proper noun

Lughaidh m (genitive Lughadha)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, sometimes Anglicized as Louis or Lewey

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 220
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