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loisc.

to burn, scorch

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/l̪ˠɞʃc/Munster

  1. to burn, scorch

  2. to sting

  3. to cauterize

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish loscaid (compare Scottish Gaelic loisg), from Proto-Celtic *lasketi (“to shine, burn”) (whence Welsh llosgi (“to 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”).

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