lagat

Jingpho

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈɡàt/

Noun

lagat

1. bee

Maguindanao

Noun

lagat

1. alternative spelling of ragat

Old Irish

Etymology

From the same stem as lugu (“smaller”), from the comparative stem of Proto-Celtic *legus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus (“lightweight”). Suffixed with -et (“-ness”).

Noun

lagat n

1. smallness, scantiness, fewness

Inflection

Neuter nt-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lagatN	—	—
vocative	lagatN	—	—
accusative	lagatN	—	—
genitive	lagat	—	—
dative	lagaitL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: laghad
• ⇒ Middle Irish: lagdaigid

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lagat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Verb

lagat

1. supine of laga