Lach

See also: lach, lách, lạch, łach, and Łach

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læʃ/

Proper noun

Lach

1. A surname

Anagrams

• chal

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German loh, from Proto-Germanic *luką. Cognate with German Loch, Dutch lok, English lock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑχ/
• Rhymes: -ɑχ

Noun

Lach n (plural Lächer)

1. hole
2. cavity
3. (golf) hole, cup

Derived terms

• Nueslach

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Polish

Etymology

From Old East Slavic *ляхъ (*ljaxŭ) (compare Russian лях (ljax)), a name for a Polish person from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ, derived from Proto-Slavic *lęděninъ, which produced the name of a Polish tribe, Lędzianie.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Lach m pers (female equivalent Laszka, diminutive Laszek)

1. (archaic or poetic) A male Pole.
2. (Goral) A male lowlander.
3. A male member of various ethnographic groups in southern Poland.

Declension

Declension of Lach

	singular	plural
nominative	Lach	Lachy/Lachowie
genitive	Lacha	Lachów
dative	Lachowi	Lachom
accusative	Lacha	Lachów
instrumental	Lachem	Lachami
locative	Lachu	Lachach
vocative	Lachu	Lachy/Lachowie

Derived terms

• Lach Sądecki

Proper noun

Lach m pers or f

1. a masculine surname
2. a feminine surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

Declension of Lach

	singular	plural
nominative	Lach	Lachowie
genitive	Lacha	Lachów
dative	Lachowi	Lachom
accusative	Lacha	Lachów
instrumental	Lachem	Lachami
locative	Lachu	Lachach
vocative	Lachu	Lachowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

Derived terms

• Lachowa f
• Lachówna f

See also

• Appendix:Polish surnames