Irish
- lóghaidheacht, lóighidheacht, luaidheachd, luaidheacht, luaidhiocht, luaigheachd, luaigheacht (obsolete)[1]
Etymology
From Middle Irish lóigidecht, from Old Irish lóg (“value”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
luaíocht f (genitive singular luaíochta, nominative plural luaíochtaí)
- merited reward, merit
Declension
Declension of luaíocht (third declension)
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Derived terms
References
- ^ “luaíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lóigidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 182
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 152, page 59
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “luaiġeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 679; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “luaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
