lacht

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑxt
• IPA^(key): /lɑxt/

Verb

lacht

1. inflection of lachen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laxt]

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Verb

lacht

1. inflection of lachen:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person plural present
   3. plural imperative

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lacht (“milk”), from Latin lac, lactis.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): [l̪ˠɑxt̪ˠ]
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): [l̪ˠaxt̪ˠ]

Noun

lacht m (genitive singular lachta, nominative plural lachtanna)

1. yield (of milk)

Declension

Declension of lacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative lacht lachtanna vocative a lacht a lachtanna genitive lachta lachtanna dative lacht lachtanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an lacht na lachtanna genitive an lachta na lachtanna dative leis an lacht don lacht leis na lachtanna

Synonyms

• bleacht
• bleán
• bleánach
• crúthach
• táirgeacht
• tál

Derived terms

• lacht- (“lacto-”)
• lachtach (“lactic, milky; tearful”)
• lachtacht f (“lactation”)
• lachtadh m (“lactation”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lac, presumably via Late Latin lactis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈axt/

Noun

lacht m (genitive lachta)

1. milk

Inflection

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lacht	—	—
vocative	lacht	—	—
accusative	lachtN	—	—
genitive	lachtoH, lachtaH	—	—
dative	lachtL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: lacht
• Scottish Gaelic: lac, lachd

Mutation

Mutation of lacht

radical	lenition	nasalization
lacht also llacht after a proclitic ending in a vowel	lacht pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language