loch

See also Loch

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɒx/, /lɒk/, X-SAMPA: /lQx/, /lQk/
• Rhymes: -ɒx or Rhymes: -ɒk

Etymology 1

From Scottish Gaelic loch.

Noun

loch (plural lochs)

1. (Scotland) A lake.
2. (Scotland) A bay or arm of the sea.

Synonyms

(lake):

• lake

Hyponyms

(sea inlet):

• bay
• firth
• fjord
• estuary
• sea loch
• strait

Derived terms

• sea loch

Translations

lake, bay or arm of the sea

• Finnish: järvi (fi)

• Macedonian: лох (mk) (loh) m

Etymology 2

French looch, from Arabic.

Noun

loch

1. Alternative form of looch.

Anagrams

• HOLC

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔk/, X-SAMPA: /lOk/

Etymology 1

From Dutch log.

Noun

loch m (plural lochs)

1. (nautical) chip log, log

Etymology 2

From English loch.

Noun

loch m (plural lochs)

1. loch

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish loch, from Proto-Indo-European *laku- (compare Latin lacus, Old English lagu).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [l̪ˠɔx]

• loch (GA)

  (file)

Noun

loch m (genitive locha, nominative plural lochanna)

1. lake

Declension

Declension of loch

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative loch lochanna Vocative a loch a lochanna Genitive locha lochanna Dative loch lochanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an loch na lochanna Genitive an locha na lochanna Dative leis an loch don loch leis na lochanna

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Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *laku-.

Noun

loch n and m

1. lake
2. inlet of the sea

Descendants

• Irish: loch
• Manx: logh
• Scottish Gaelic: loch

Etymology 2

Adjective

loch

1. black, dark

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Polish

loch

Etymology

From German Loch < Old High German loh < Proto-Germanic *lōgan (“site, situation, camp”) < Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to be situated, lie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔx/

Noun

loch m

1. dungeon (an underground prison or vault)

Declension

    declension of loch

	singular	plural
nominative	loch	lochy
genitive	lochu	lochów
dative	lochowi	lochom
accusative	loch	lochy
instrumental	lochem	lochami
locative	lochu	lochach
vocative	lochu	lochy

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔx/, X-SAMPA: /lOx/

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic loch.

Noun

loch (plural lochs)

1. lake, loch, firth

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish loch.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɫ̪ɔx], /ɫ̪ɔx/

Noun

loch f (genitive locha, plural lochan)

1. lake
2. arm of the sea
3. fiord

Derived terms

• muc-locha