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luí.

verbal noun of luigh

3 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/l̪ˠiː/Munster/l̪ˠiː(ə)/Connacht/ˈl̪ˠai(ə)/Connacht/l̪ˠiː/Ulster

  1. verbal noun of luigh

    form-of · masculine · noun-from-verb

  2. lying down, prostration

    masculine
    Tá mé i mo luí.

  3. setting (of heavenly bodies)

    masculine
    luí na gréine
    luí na gealaí

  4. inclination, tendency

    masculine
    Tá luí chun léirscriosta aige.
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish lige (“act of lying down; bed”), from Proto-Celtic *legyom, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”).

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