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Lach

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See also: lach, lách, lạch, łach, and Łach

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Lach

  1. A surname.

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Czech

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Lach m anim (female equivalent Lachová)

  1. a male surname

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Further reading

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  • Lach”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German loh, from Proto-Germanic *luką. Cognate with German Loch, Dutch lok, English lock.

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Lach n (plural Lächer, diminutive Lächelchen)

  1. hole
  2. cavity
  3. (golf) hole, cup

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Polish

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Borrowed from Old Ruthenian лѧхъ (ljax), from Old East Slavic лѧхъ (lęxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ, from earlier Proto-Slavic *lędxъ, hypocorism of Proto-Slavic *lęděninъ, from Proto-Slavic *lędo (fallow, uncultivated field) + Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ.[1] Originally, the word referred to the Lendians tribe (cf. Old Polish Lędzanie), then passed to the Poles.

Alleged relation with Lech unclear.

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  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Syllabification: Lach

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Lach m pers (female equivalent Laszka, diminutive Laszek)

  1. (archaic or poetic) Pole
  2. (Podhale) lowlander
  3. Lach; member of various ethnographic groups in southern Poland

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Lach m pers

  1. a male surname

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Lach f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

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References

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  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1970-1974) “Lach”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes IV: La—Łapucha, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 17

Further reading

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  • Lach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Lach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Lach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
  • Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “Lach”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 357