loght
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Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish locht (“fault, blemish”).
Noun[edit]
loght m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
- crime
- Hug ad yn loght ass my lieh. ― They pinned the crime on me.
- guilt
- gyn loght ― innocent, blameless
- trespass
- fault
- Beg y yannoo jeh loght. ― Smooth over a fault.
- vice
- T’eh currit da’n loght shen. ― He is addicted to that vice.
- shortcoming
- dooinney sheshey gyn loght ― model husband
- transgression
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 locht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language