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luch

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See also: Luch and -luch

English

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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luch

  1. A house in a state of disrepair; a hovel
    • 2015, Tom Hart, chapter IX, in Rosalie Lightning, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 181:
      I'm not going to live in some luch just because my baby died.

Irish

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Luch (ainmhí)
Luch (gléas ionchuir)

Etymology

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From Old Irish luch,[1] from Proto-Celtic *lukūts (compare Welsh llyg (shrew), llygod (mice), and Breton logod (mice)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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luch f (genitive singular luiche, nominative plural lucha)

  1. mouse (rodent of the genus Mus)
  2. (computing) mouse (input device)

Declension

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Declension of luch (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative luch lucha
vocative a luch a lucha
genitive luiche luch
dative luch
luich (archaic, dialectal)
lucha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an luch na lucha
genitive na luiche na luch
dative leis an luch
leis an luich (archaic, dialectal)
don luch
don luich (archaic, dialectal)
leis na lucha

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 luch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 17, page 19
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 69, page 57
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 181

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *lukūts; cognate with Welsh llygod.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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luch f (genitive lochad, nominative plural lochaid)

  1. mouse, rat

Inflection

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Feminine t-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative luch lochaidL, luch lochaid
Vocative luch lochaidL, luch lochtha
Accusative lochaidN lochaidL, luch lochtha
Genitive lochad lochad lochadN
Dative lochaidL lochthaib lochthaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: luch
  • Manx: lugh
  • Scottish Gaelic: luch

Mutation

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Mutation of luch
radical lenition nasalization
luch
also lluch after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
luch
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.

Scottish Gaelic

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Luch bheag.

Etymology

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From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish luch. Cognates include Irish luch and Manx lugh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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luch f

  1. mouse

Declension

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Declension of luch (type IVb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative luch luchan
genitive lucha luchan
dative lucha luchan; luchaibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) luch (na) luchan
genitive (na) lucha (nan) luchan
dative (an) lucha (na) luchan; luchaibh
vocative luch luchan

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of luch
radical lenition
luch 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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  • Colin Mark (2003) “luch”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 406