lach

See also: -lach, Lach, lách, lạch, Ľach, łach, Łach, and łách

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑx/

• Audio (North Netherlands):

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• Rhymes: -ɑx
• Homophone: lag

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lach. By surface analysis, deverbal from lachen.

Noun

lach m (uncountable, diminutive lachje n)

1. smile
2. laugh

Derived terms

• bulderlach
• glimlach
• grijnslach
• grimlach
• klaterlach
• lachwekkend
• schaterlach
• slappe lach

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lach

1. inflection of lachen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lax/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

lach

1. singular imperative of lachen

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠax/

Noun

lach f (genitive singular lachan, nominative plural lachain)

1. Ulster form of lacha (“duck”)

Declension

Declension of lach (fifth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative lach lachain vocative a lach a lachain genitive lachan lachan dative lach lachain (archaic, dialectal) lachain forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an lach na lachain genitive na lachan na lachan dative leis an lach leis an lachain (archaic, dialectal) don lach don lachain (archaic, dialectal) leis na lachain

Middle Dutch

Verb

lach

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of liggen

Occitan

Alternative forms

• lait

Etymology

From Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlat͡ʃ]

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Noun

lach m (plural laches)

1. milk

Related terms

• lachièr
• lachós

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈlax/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): [ˈlax]

• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: lach
• Homophone: Lach

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from leszczyna”)

Noun

lach

1. (Kielce) thicket of hazel

   Hypernym: gąszcz

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lach f

1. genitive plural of lacha

Further reading

• Władysław Siarkowski (1878), “lach”, in “Materiały do etnografii ludu polskiego z okolic Kielc”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej (in Polish), volume 2, chapter 3, Krakow: Komisyja Antropologiczna Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, page 248

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lachu (compare Irish lacha, Manx laagh). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Semantic shift to "fare"?

Pronunciation

• (Uist, Tiree) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠaxə/ (corresponding to the form lacha)

Noun

lach f (genitive singular lacha, plural lachan)

1. (bird, poultry): duck (especially wild), mallard
2. fare

Venetan

Alternative forms

• łago, ƚago

Etymology

From Latin lacus, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lokus (“lake, pool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lak/
• Hyphenation: làch

Noun

lach

1. lake (stretch of water)

See also

• mar (sea)
• acua (water)