locht

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔxt/

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Verb

locht

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

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish locht, from Proto-Celtic *loxtus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɔxt̪ˠ/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠʊxt̪ˠ/, /l̪ˠɔxt̪ˠ/, /l̪ˠɞxt̪ˠ/

Noun

locht m (genitive singular lochta, nominative plural lochtanna)

1. fault, defect, blemish, flaw, imperfection
2. abuse
3. blame

   Synonym: milleán

   Chuir sí an locht orm.

   She put the blame on me.

Declension

Declension of locht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative locht lochtanna vocative a locht a lochtanna genitive lochta lochtanna dative locht lochtanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an locht na lochtanna genitive an lochta na lochtanna dative leis an locht don locht leis na lochtanna

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “loċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 441
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “locht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *loxtus, from Proto-Indo-European *lok-, see also Proto-Germanic *lahaną (“to blame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l͈oxt]

Noun

locht m (genitive lochta)

1. fault
2. blemish

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	locht	lochtL	lochtae
Vocative	locht	lochtL	lochtu
Accusative	lochtN	lochtL	lochtu
Genitive	lochtoH, lochtaH	lochto, lochta	lochtaeN
Dative	lochtL	lochtaib	lochtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: locht
• Manx: loght
• Scottish Gaelic: lochd

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 locht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “locht”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN