lacha

See also: Lacha, lâcha, lachą, łacha, and łachą

Irish

lacha

Etymology

From Old Irish lachu (compare Scottish Gaelic lach, Manx laagh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠaxə/

Noun

lacha f (genitive singular lachan, nominative plural lachain)

1. duck

Declension

Declension of lacha (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative lacha lachain vocative a lacha a lachain genitive lachan lachan dative lacha lachain (archaic, dialectal) lachain forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an lacha na lachain genitive na lachan na lachan dative leis an lacha leis an lachain (archaic, dialectal) don lacha don lachain (archaic, dialectal) leis na lachain

Derived terms

• Dubhlachán
• lacha bhadánach (“tufted duck”)
• lacha bhreac (“common shelduck”)
• lacha chosrua (“American black duck”)
• lacha ghobrósach (“rosy-billed pochard”)
• lacha iascán (“greater scaup”)
• lacha mhandrach (“mandarin duck”)
• lacha Mheiriceánach (“canvas-back”)
• lacha rua (“ruddy duck”)
• lachín (“duckling”)

 

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lachu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “laċa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 412
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lacha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lacha”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “lacha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 32

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of laska + -cha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.xa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: la‧cha

Noun

lacha f

1. Augmentative of laska

   Synonym: laga

Declension

Declension of lacha

	singular	plural
nominative	lacha	lachy
genitive	lachy	lach
dative	lasze	lachom
accusative	lachę	lachy
instrumental	lachą	lachami
locative	lasze	lachach
vocative	lacho	lachy

Derived terms

verbs

• położyć lachę pf, kłaść lachę impf

 

Further reading

• lacha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lacha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

lacha f

1. genitive singular of lach

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlat͡ʃa/ [ˈla.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: la‧cha

Etymology 1

Noun

lacha f (plural lachas)

1. female equivalent of lacho (“lover”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Caló lacha, ultimately from Sanskrit लज्जा (lajjā, “shame”).

Noun

lacha f (plural lachas)

1. (Spain) shame

   Synonyms: pudor, vergüenza

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Basque latxa.

Noun

lacha f (plural lachas)

1. a breed of sheep

Etymology 4

Noun

lacha f (plural lachas)

1. the menhaden

Further reading

• “lacha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10