Luis (letter)

Luis (letter)

Luis (Unicode|ᚂ) is the second letter of the Ogham alphabet, derived either from "luise" "flame" or from "lus" "herb". Its Proto-Indo-European root was either *"Unicode|leuk-" 'to shine' or *"Unicode|leudh-" 'to grow'. Its phonetic value is [l] .

The "Auraicept na n-Éces" glosses the name as "cairtheand" "mountain-ash", i.e. "rowan" (Modern Irish "caorthann"). The associated verse is: "Li sula" "lustre of eye"The Auraincept interprets this as "delightful to the eye is "luis", i.e. rowan, owing to the beauty of its berries".


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