English Explanatory Dictionary

Lugh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A pre-Christian Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past: the son of Cian and Ethniu.

Word forms

Lugh Lug Lú

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Lugh, from Old Irish Lug, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌᚐ (luga), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

Related words

Lámhfhada () Samh-ildánach () Lonnbeimnech () Macnia () mac Ethlenn mac Ethnenn
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