lig
Albanian
adj-3
Definitions
- evil, wicked
- bad, nasty
- ill, sick
- weak, cowardly
- (dialectal) pregnant, with child
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Albanian *liga inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ligos (indigent, needy, ill).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃ligos
Gloss
indigent, needy, ill
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- oligo- English
- chaeta Latin
- oligo- Latin
- oligūria Latin
- Oligozän German
- oligo- Italian
- oligo- Spanish, Castilian
- ὀλίγος Ancient Greek
- ὀλιγάρχης Ancient Greek
- ὀλιγαρχία Ancient Greek
- ὀλιγοψυχέω Ancient Greek
- *(o)leyg/k- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ligos Proto-Indo-European
- *oliko- Proto-Indo-European
- oligo- Portuguese
- liach Irish
- olagaplacht Irish
- oligo- Galician
- աղքատ Armenian
- ολίγος Greek (modern)
- աղխ Old Armenian
- աղքատ Old Armenian
- líach Old Irish
- liogh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- lheegh Manx
- ალქატი Georgian
- *lēgā Proto-Celtic
- *liga Proto-Albanian
- λίγος gkm