Loth

See also: loth

English

Proper noun

Loth (plural Loths)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Loth is the 26772^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 909 individuals. Loth is most common among White (86.14%) individuals.

Anagrams

• HTOL, Holt, holt

East Central German

Proper noun

Loth m

1. (Erzgebirgisch) a diminutive of the male given name Lothar

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 81:

German

Noun

Loth n (strong, genitive Lothes or Loths, plural Lothe)

1. Obsolete spelling of Lot.

Declension

Declension of Loth [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Loth	die	Lothe
genitive	eines	des	Lothes, Loths	der	Lothe
dative	einem	dem	Loth, Lothe1	den	Lothen
accusative	ein	das	Loth	die	Lothe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin Lōt, Lōthus, from Ancient Greek Λωτ (Lōt), from Biblical Hebrew לוֹט (Lôṭ).

Proper noun

Loth m

1. (biblical) Lot (nephew of Abraham)

Quotations

• c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 127^d6

  in tan ro·mmemaid ré nAbracham forsna cóic ríga bertar Loth a Sodaim

  when the five kings who carried Lot from Sodom had been routed by Abraham

  (literally, “…who carry…”)