Lugh

See also: lugh

English

Alternative forms

• Lug
• Lú

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Lugh, from Old Irish Lug, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌᚐ (luga), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

Proper noun

Lugh

1. (Irish mythology) A pre-Christian Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past: the son of Cian and Ethniu.

Translations

Irish deity

Irish: Lú Old Irish: Lug Primitive Irish: ᚂᚒᚌᚐ (luga)

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Lugh

Wikipedia

See also

• Lámhfhada ("long hand")
• Samh-ildánach ("Summer-multi-talented", "skilled in many arts")
• Lonnbeimnech ("sword-shouter")
• Macnia ("boy hero")
• mac Ethlenn (matronymic, "son of Ethliu")
• mac Ethnenn (matronymic, "son of Ethniu")

Anagrams

• Guhl

Irish

Proper noun

Lugh m (genitive Logha)

1. superseded spelling of Lú

References

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “Luġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 684; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN