laoidh in Scottish Gaelic

IPA: /l̪ˠui/, /l̪ˠɯi/ (note: Wester Ross) Forms: laoidhean [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Middle Irish láed, laíd, from Old Irish loíd (“poem, song”), 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: {{inh|gd|mga|láed}} Middle Irish láed, {{inh|gd|sga|loíd|t=poem, song}} Old Irish loíd (“poem, song”), {{inh|gd|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|gd|noun|||||||||||||||plural|laoidhean||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} laoidh m (plural laoidhean), {{gd-noun|g=m|pl=laoidhean}} laoidh m (plural laoidhean)

Inflected forms

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"laoidh" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

Noun

Inflected forms