Lemizh / English dictionary
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làgc.
self-receiving, mainly dat: to go to rest, perfect: to rest;
agentive caus or nom: to put someone-dat to rest
Usage notes
Going to rest usually implies lying down (unless of course you are a parrot); but to primarily express the change of orientation as opposed to the goal of resting, we use constructions with spatial verbs (see unit 12, Orientation).
Etymology
< NLem, LMLem, MLem algj‑a ‘lay’
< OLem alggh‑ ‘lie’
< PLem *alggh‑, root aorist of
< PIE *legʰ‑ ‘lie down’
Cognates
Eng lie (position), Ir luigh ‘lie’