luíochán
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish luigechán, diminutive of lige (“lying down”).
Noun
[edit]luíochán m (genitive singular luíocháin, nominative plural luíocháin)
- lying in, lying down
- inclination, tendency
- ambush
- Rinneadh luíochán roimh an namhaid.
- An ambush was set for the enemy.
Declension
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Related terms
[edit]- luigh (“lie”, verb)
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “luigechán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language