legaid

See also: légaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *legāti, from Proto-Indo-European *leg-. Cognate with English leak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl͈ʲeɣiðʲ/

Verb

legaid (conjunct ·lega, verbal noun legad)

  1. to melt, dissolve

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: leáigh
  • Manx: lheie
  • Scottish Gaelic: leagh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
legaid
also llegaid after a proclitic
legaid
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

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