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lagh

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Lombard

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian lago, from Latin lacus.

Pronunciation

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  • (Milanese, a few other dialects) IPA(key): /lak/

Noun

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lagh m

  1. lake

Middle English

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Noun

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lagh

  1. Alternative form of lawe

Old Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lag.

Noun

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

  1. layer
  2. law

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Danish: lag, lav, lov

Piedmontese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lagh m

  1. lake

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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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, or perhaps Old Norse lag.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lagh m (genitive singular lagha, plural laghannan)

  1. law

Declension

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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 lagh laghannan

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of lagh
radical lenition
lagh unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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