Irish

Verb

laigh ‎(present analytic laigheann, future analytic laighfidh, verbal noun laigh, past participle laighte)

1. Alternative form of luigh

Scots

Adjective

laigh ‎(comparative laigher, superlative laighest)

1. low

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish laigid, from Proto-Celtic *lego-, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 ‎(ligan) and Old Church Slavonic лєшти ‎(lešti).^[1]

Verb

laigh ‎(past laigh, future laighidh, verbal noun laighe, past participle laighte)

1. lie (be in recumbent position)

   laigh le‎ ― sleep with

2. lay
3. lean, light, land
4. perch
5. settle, recline, press upon

Derived terms

• laigh dlùth

References

1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*leg-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 236