luach

Irish

From Middle Irish lúach, from Old Irish lóg (“value, equivalent, worth”),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *lougos, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“benefit, prize”).

IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuəx/^[2]^[3]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɔx/ when unstressed in the phrase luach pingine (“pennyworth”) /l̪ˠɔxˈpʲiːn̠ʲə/^[4]

luach m (genitive singular luacha, nominative plural luachanna)

Declension of luach (third declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an luach	na luachanna
genitive	an luacha	na luachanna
dative	leis an luach don luach	leis na luachanna

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “luach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 77, page 42
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 151, page 59
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 27, page 14

From Middle Irish lúach, from Old Irish lóg (“value, equivalent, worth”), from Proto-Celtic *lowgos, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“benefit, prize”).

luach m (genitive singular luach)