nigid

From Old Irish nigid, from Proto-Celtic *nigyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ-.

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈn͈ʲi.ɣʲəðʲ/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈn͈ʲi.ɣʲəɣʲ/

nigid (conjunct ·nig, verbal noun nige)

1. to wash

• do·nig

• Irish: nigh
• Manx: niee
• Scottish Gaelic: nigh

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

From Proto-Celtic *nigyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ-.

• IPA^(key): /n͈ʲi.ɣʲəðʲ/

nigid (conjunct ·nig, verbal noun nige)

1. to wash
   • "A Fragment of Old Irish", in Ériu volume 2 (1905, Royal Irish Academy), pages 221-226, edited and with translations by Osborn J. Bergin

     Etag berar do aes tuattu, cot·étet deman co·róenastar; ⁊ ní anaich a chrothad nach a flescad, acht a nige.

     A garment which is taken from the laity, a demon accompanies it till it has been washed; and it serves not to shake it or beat it, but to wash it.

• Middle Irish: nigid
  • Irish: nigh
  • Manx: niee
  • Scottish Gaelic: nigh

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

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪɡɪd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈniːɡɪd/, /ˈnɪɡɪd/

nigid

1. Nasal mutation of digid.