loing

See also: Loing

Irish

Alternative forms

• luing (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠiːɲɟ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɪɲ/

Noun

loing

1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of long

Middle French

Adverb

loing

1. far; far away

Descendants

• French: loin

Old French

Etymology

From Latin longē (“far away”), from longus (“long, far”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu(i̯)ɲ/

Adverb

loing

1. far; far away
   • c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Chevaliers, fet ele, de loing

     "Sir", said she, from afar

Derived terms

• loingtien

Related terms

• esloignier
• porloignier

Descendants

• French: loin

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lungeti (“put, place”) (compare Welsh ellwng and dillwng (“to set free, release”) from *(dī-)exs-lungo-), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”). Cognate with Latin luctor (“to wrestle”) and Old English lūcan (“to lock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈oŋʲɡʲ/

Verb

·loing

1. Only used in fo·loing and in·loing.

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lu-n-g-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 249