líathaid

Middle Irish

Etymology

From líath (“grey”).

Verb

líathaid (verbal noun líathad)

1. to make or become grey
2. (medicine, of wound) to become livid

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “líathaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language