llosg

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh llosg, from Old Welsh losc, from Proto-Celtic *luxskā, from Proto-Indo-European *luk-s-ko-s, from *lewk- (“bright”). Cognate of Old Cornish losc, Old Irish loscaid (“to burn”), and Russian лоск (losk, “gloss”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɬɔsɡ/, [ɬɔsk]
  • Rhymes: -ɔsɡ

Adjective

llosg (feminine singular llosg, plural llosg, equative llosged, comparative llosgach, superlative llosgaf)

  1. burning

Derived terms

Verb

llosg

  1. second-person singular imperative of llosgi

Mutation

Mutated forms of llosg
radical soft nasal aspirate
llosg losg unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012), “losc-i 'burn'”, in Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, 4.1.69., page 394
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