loisg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish loiscid (compare Irish loisc), from Proto-Celtic *laɸsketi (“to shine, burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *lh₂p-sḱéti, (bearing the present-forming suffix *-sḱe-), from the telic root *leh₂p- (“to light, shine”). Related to Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “I shine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɫ̪ɔʃkʲ]

Verb

loisg (past loisg, future loisgidh, verbal noun losgadh, past participle loisgte)

  1. burn, scorch, charr, sear, cremate
  2. fire (a gun, etc.)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Rix, Helmut (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN
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