{"id":4070,"date":"2019-01-24T17:52:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T17:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=4070"},"modified":"2025-02-10T21:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T21:38:11","slug":"to-burn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/01\/24\/to-burn\/","title":{"rendered":"To Burn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>to burn<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/8668826673\/in\/album-72157633294610387\/\" title=\"Junior Jarl squad\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8261\/8668826673_c1f1c98d7b_n.jpg\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 20px 30px;\" alt=\"Junior Jarl squad\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*lasketi<\/strong> = to burn<br \/>\n<strong>*laxsaros<\/strong> = shining, burning<br \/>\n<strong>*losk-os<\/strong> = ?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>loscid<\/strong> = to burn<br \/>\n<strong>loiscnech<\/strong> = burning<br \/>\n<strong>loscud<\/strong> = burning, fire<br \/>\n<strong>fo\u00b7loisci<\/strong> = to scorch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>loscid, laiscedh, losced<\/strong> = to burn, consume by fire, lay waste by fire, inflame, afflict, revile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>loisc<\/strong> = to burn, fire, scorch, sear, sting &#8211; (verb noun = loscadh)<br \/>\n<strong>loiscadh<\/strong> = burning, searing, scorching, stinging<br \/>\n<strong>loisceanta<\/strong> = flaming, fiery<br \/>\n<strong>loisceantacht<\/strong> = fieriness<br \/>\n<strong>loisceoir<\/strong> = incinerator<br \/>\n<strong>loiscneach<\/strong> = firing, firewood, caustic, burning, stinging, pain, scorched, arid, fiery, fierce<br \/>\n<strong>loiscn\u00ed<\/strong> = fiery intensity, fieriness, aridity, burned, parched, condition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>loisg<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02e0\u0254\u0283\u0261\u030a\u02b2] = to burn, inflame, consume, parch, singe; scorch, scald; fire (<em>a gun<\/em>) &#8211; (verb noun = losagadh)<br \/>\n<strong>loisgeach<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02e0\u0254\u0283g\u02b2\u0259x] = burning, fiery, flaming, incendiary, inflammatory, igneous, caustic, corroding<br \/>\n<strong>loisgeadair<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02e0\u0254\u0283g\u02b2\u0259d\u026ar\u02b2] = burner, incinerator<br \/>\n<strong>loisgte<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02e0\u0254\u0283d\u02b2\u0259] = burnt, scorched, scalded, drunk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>losht<\/strong> = to burn, burn up, burn away, incinerate, cremate, fire, alight &#8211; (verb noun = lostey)<br \/>\n<strong>loshtee, loshtit<\/strong> = igneous, burnt<br \/>\n<strong>loshteyr<\/strong> = arsonist, firebrand, incendiarist<br \/>\n<strong>loshteyder<\/strong> = arsonist, burner, incinerator<br \/>\n<strong>yn-loshtey<\/strong> = combustible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>llosc<\/strong> = burning, scalding, burn<br \/>\n<strong>lloscadwy<\/strong> = combustible, burning, fiery, scorching<br \/>\n<strong>lloscy, llosci, llosgi<\/strong> = to be on fire, blaze, be alight<br \/>\n<strong>lloscetic, lloskedic, llosgedic, lloscedic<\/strong> = burnt, charred, burning, fiery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>llosg<\/strong> = burning, scalding, burn, scald, fire, conflagration, blaze, arson, singeing, inflammation<br \/>\n<strong>llosgadwy<\/strong> = combustible, burning, fiery, scorching<br \/>\n<strong>llosgi<\/strong> [\u02c8\u026c\u0254sk\u026a \/ \u02c8\u026c\u0254ski] = to be on fire, blaze, be alight, be burnt or be fired, burn up, burn down, burn away; be inflamed, smart, sting, be sunburnt; be inflamed with anger, passion, etc<br \/>\n<strong>llosg(i)edig<\/strong> = burnt, charred, burning, fiery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>losc<\/strong> = a burning, inflammation, searing<br \/>\n<strong>lescy, loscy<\/strong> = to burn, to be burning<br \/>\n<strong>losow, lusow<\/strong> = ashes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>leski<\/strong> [l\u025bski] = to burn<br \/>\n<strong>losk<\/strong> = burning, combustion<br \/>\n<strong>loskadow<\/strong> = flammable<br \/>\n<strong>loskrias, loskriades<\/strong> = arsonist<br \/>\n<strong>loskrians<\/strong> = arson<br \/>\n<strong>loskven<\/strong> = sulphur<br \/>\n<strong>loskvenydh, loskvena<\/strong> = volcano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>lescsit<\/strong> = to burn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>lisquiff, lesquiff, losquan<\/strong> = to burn<br \/>\n<strong>losquadur<\/strong> [los.\u02c8k\u0251\u02d0.dyr] = burning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>leski\u00f1, loska\u00f1<\/strong> [\u02c8les.k\u026a\u0303] = to burn, calcine, irriate<br \/>\n<strong>losk<\/strong> = burnt, burning<br \/>\n<strong>loskadur<\/strong> [los.\u02c8k\u0251\u02d0.dyr] = burning<br \/>\n<strong>loskus<\/strong> = burning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*lh\u2082p-s\u1e31\u00e9ti<\/em>, from <em>*leh\u2082p-<\/em> (to light, shine), or from PIE <em>*luk-s-ko-s<\/em>, from <em>*lewk-<\/em> (bright, to shine, to see) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/lasketi\">source<\/a>]. Words from the same roots include <strong>lamp<\/strong> in English, <strong>\u03bb\u03ac\u03bc\u03c0\u03c9<\/strong> (l\u00e1mpo &#8211; to shine) in Greek, and <strong>l\u0101pa<\/strong> (torch) in Latvian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/\">Wiktionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English &#8211; Old Irish glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &#8211; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/ceann\">Teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/An_Etymological_Dictionary_of_the_Gaelic_Language\">An etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionaryq.com\/gaelg\/\">Fockleyreen: Manx &#8211; English Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.gaelg.im\/\">Gaelg Corpus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/lexiconcornubrit00willuoft\/page\/n5\/mode\/2up\">Lexicon cornu-britannicum : a dictionary of the ancient Celtic language of Cornwall<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\/\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/devri.bzh\/\">Devri : Le dictionaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionnaires bilingues de Francis Favereau \/ Edition Skol Vreizh<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/my.kualo.com\/uk\/go\/00572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kualo.com\/rewards\/uk-unlimited2-468x60.gif\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\"\nalt=\"Unlimited Web Hosting - Kualo\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for to burn and related things in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *lasketi = to burn *laxsaros = shining, burning *losk-os = ? Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) loscid = to burn loiscnech = burning loscud = burning, fire fo\u00b7loisci = to scorch Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) loscid, laiscedh, losced = to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,26,19,20,21,3,22,8,10,12,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-old-breton","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4070"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8670,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4070\/revisions\/8670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}