lochan
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Scottish Gaelic lochan, diminutive of loch.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
lochan (plural lochans)
- (Scotland) A small loch.
- 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley 2009, p. 23:
- The moor is a bare and ancient landscape; the dank mosses studded with a mosaic of tiny lochans, stumps of vanished trees, largely devoid of sustenance for man and beast, an almost mythical emptiness where dragons, outlaws and elves might easily be imagined!
- 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley 2009, p. 23:
Anagrams [edit]
Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ɫ̪ɔxan/
Noun [edit]
lochan m (genitive lochain, plural lochanan)
- pond
- thuit mo mhac anns an lochan - my son fell into the pond
Etymology 2 [edit]
Noun [edit]
lochan f pl
- Plural form of loch
