lagh

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian lago, from Latin lacus.

Noun

lagh

1. lake

Middle English

Noun

lagh

1. Alternative form of lawe

Old Danish

Alternative forms

• logh (Jutland)

Etymology

From Old Norse lag.

Noun

lagh n (genitive lax, plural logh) (Scania)

1. layer
2. law

Declension

Declension of lagh (Scanian system)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lagh	laghit	logh	loghin
accusative	lagh	laghit	logh	loghin
dative	laghi	laghinu	loghum	loghunum
genitive	lax	laghsins	lagha	laghanna
The declension is unstable and should be treated as a guide. The case system was gradually being simplified from four to two cases. Even some nominative markers were sporadically kept in the Scanian dialect, although they mostly were replaced with the accusative endings from Old Norse.

Descendants

• Danish: lag, lav, lov

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

MacBain states that this is a borrowing of English law, though it is possible that the term is from an earlier English source, such as Middle English laȝe or Old English lagu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫ̪ɤɣ/

Noun

lagh m (genitive singular lagha, plural laghannan)

1. law

Declension of lagh (type IVb masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lagh	laghannan
Genitive	lagha	laghannan
Dative	lagha	laghannan
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) lagh	(na) laghannan
Genitive	(an) lagha	(nan) laghannan
Dative	(an) lagha	(na) laghannan
Vocative	(a) lhagh	(a) lhaghannan

Synonyms

• riaghailt
• reachd

Derived terms

• frith-lagh (“bylaw”)
• laghadh (“legalize, legalise”)
• laghachd (“legalization, legalisation”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
lagh	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “lagh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN