leugh
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *llọɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *lāɸigos (“calf”) (compare Old Irish lóeg, Welsh llo, Breton leue), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“cattle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [løːx], [leːx]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [lɛwh]
Noun
leugh m (plural leughi)
Derived terms
- kig leugh (“veal”)
- leugh ergh (“reindeer calf”)
- leugh kowr (“moose calf”)
- tron an leugh (“snapdragon”)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish légaid, from Latin legō. The [v] pronunciation of gh in many dialects is perhaps reinforced by association with sgrìobhadh (“writing”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʎeːv/[2][3][4]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ʎiav/[5]
Verb
leugh (past leugh, future leughaidh, verbal noun leughadh, past participle leughte)
- to read
- Leugh seo.
- Read this.
- Bha e inntinneach sin a leughadh.
- It was interesting to read that.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 221
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 188
- ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902), “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99[1], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
- ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN