"laoi" meaning in Irish

See laoi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /l̪ˠiː/
Etymology: From Middle Irish láed, laíd, from Old Irish loíd (“poem, song”) (compare Scottish Gaelic laoidh), from Proto-Celtic *loidā, from Proto-Indo-European *loyd-eh₂, from the root *leyd- (“to let; to let go, release”). The semantic evolution would be “to release” → “to set in motion” → “to incite” → “to praise, sing praises of”. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*leyd-|id=let}}, {{der|ga|mga|láed}} Middle Irish láed, {{der|ga|sga|loíd|t=poem, song}} Old Irish loíd (“poem, song”), {{cog|gd|laoidh}} Scottish Gaelic laoidh, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*loidā}} Proto-Celtic *loidā, {{der|ga|ine-pro||*loyd-eh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *loyd-eh₂, {{m-g|to release}} “to release”, {{m-g|to set in motion}} “to set in motion”, {{m-g|to incite}} “to incite”, {{m-g|to praise, sing praises of}} “to praise, sing praises of” Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|laoi|||||||nominative plural|laoithe|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} laoi f (genitive singular laoi, nominative plural laoithe), {{ga-noun|f|~|~the}} laoi f (genitive singular laoi, nominative plural laoithe) Forms: laoi [genitive, singular], laoithe [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], laoi [indefinite, nominative, singular], laoithe [indefinite, nominative, plural], a laoi [indefinite, singular, vocative], a laoithe [indefinite, plural, vocative], laoi [genitive, indefinite, singular], laoithe [genitive, indefinite, plural], laoi [dative, indefinite, singular], laoithe [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an laoi [definite, nominative, singular], na laoithe [definite, nominative, plural], na laoi [definite, genitive, singular], na laoithe [definite, genitive, plural], leis an laoi [dative, definite, singular], don laoi [dative, definite, singular], leis na laoithe [dative, definite, plural], laoidh [alternative]
  1. lay (sung poem), song Tags: feminine Derived forms: laoi chumainn (english: love song)
    Sense id: en-laoi-ga-noun-2o9FQSqc Categories (other): Irish terms with collocations, Poetry, Singing Disambiguation of Poetry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Singing: 64 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /l̪ˠiː/
Etymology: From Old Irish laí. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|sga|laí}} Old Irish laí Head templates: {{head|ga|noun form}} laoi
  1. (archaic, dialectal) alternative form of lae (genitive singular of lá (“day”)) Tags: alt-of, alternative, archaic, dialectal Alternative form of: lae (extra: (genitive singular of lá (“day”)))
    Sense id: en-laoi-ga-noun-H7y1AEv6 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Irish dialectal terms",
        "Irish terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of lae (genitive singular of lá (“day”))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lae",
          "lae#Irish"
        ],
        [
          "lá",
          "lá#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, dialectal) alternative form of lae (genitive singular of lá (“day”))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "archaic",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/l̪ˠiː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laoi"
}

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