Lughaidh

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Irish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish Lugaid, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌᚒᚇᚓᚉᚉᚐᚄ (lugudeccas), from Proto-Celtic *Lugudeks (one who serves the god Lugus) from *Lugus +‎ *dekos (honor), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱos (that which is proper). Compare Gaulish Lucudeca.

Proper noun[edit]

Lughaidh m (genitive Lughadha)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, sometimes Anglicized as Louis or Lewey