loit

See also: Loit and löit

Estonian

Verb

loit

1. flare; flicker

Finnish

Verb

loit

1. second-person singular past indicative of luoda

Anagrams

• ilot, lito, olit

Irish

Alternative forms

• lot

Etymology

From Old Irish loittid, from Proto-Celtic *lottô, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁ (“to cut off, separate, free”), see also Latin luō (“expiate, pay”), Sanskrit लून (lūna, “sever, cut forth, destroy, annihilate”), English loose, Old Armenian լուծանեմ (lucanem) and Albanian lirë.^[1] Stokes prefers a comparison with Proto-Germanic *lutōną (“to conceal, hide”), *lūtaną (“to bow down”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɔtʲ/

Verb

loit (present analytic loiteann, future analytic loitfidh, verbal noun lot, past participle loite)

1. to wound, hurt, injure, impair

   Synonym: goin

2. to destroy, damage, deface, mar, mutilate

   Synonyms: scrios, mill

3. to spoil (ruin; pamper)

   Synonym: mill

Conjugation

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	loitim	loiteann tú; loitir†	loiteann sé, sí	loitimid	loiteann sibh	loiteann siad; loitid†	a loiteann; a loiteas	loitear
	past	loit mé; loiteas	loit tú; loitis	loit sé, sí	loiteamar; loit muid	loit sibh; loiteabhair	loit siad; loiteadar	a loit / ar loit*	loiteadh
	past habitual	loitinn	loiteá	loiteadh sé, sí	loitimis; loiteadh muid	loiteadh sibh	loitidís; loiteadh siad	a loiteadh / a loiteadh*	loití
future		loitfidh mé; loitfead	loitfidh tú; loitfir†	loitfidh sé, sí	loitfimid; loitfidh muid	loitfidh sibh	loitfidh siad; loitfid†	a loitfidh; a loitfeas	loitfear
conditional		loitfinn	loitfeá	loitfeadh sé, sí	loitfimis; loitfeadh muid	loitfeadh sibh	loitfidís; loitfeadh siad	a loitfeadh / a loitfeadh*	loitfí
subjunctive	present	go loite mé; go loitead†	go loite tú; go loitir†	go loite sé, sí	go loitimid; go loite muid	go loite sibh	go loite siad; go loitid†	—	go loitear
	past	dá loitinn	dá loiteá	dá loiteadh sé, sí	dá loitimis; dá loiteadh muid	dá loiteadh sibh	dá loitidís; dá loiteadh siad	—	dá loití
imperative		loitim	loit	loiteadh sé, sí	loitimis	loitigí; loitidh†	loitidís	—	loitear
verbal noun		lot
past participle		loite

conjugation of loit (first conjugation – A)

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Derived terms

• aghloit

Noun

loit

1. inflection of lot:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

References

1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “lot”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “loittid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “loitim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 444
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “loit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 81

Yami

Noun

loit

1. dirt; filth