lacht

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑxt
• IPA^(key): /lɑxt/

Verb

lacht

1. inflection of lachen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laxt]

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Verb

lacht

1. inflection of lachen:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person plural present
   3. plural imperative

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lacht (“milk”), from Latin lac, lactis.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): [l̪ˠɑxt̪ˠ]
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): [l̪ˠaxt̪ˠ]

Noun

lacht m (genitive singular lachta, nominative plural lachtanna)

1. yield (of milk)

Declension

Declension of lacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative lacht lachtanna Vocative a lacht a lachtanna Genitive lachta lachtanna Dative lacht lachtanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an lacht na lachtanna Genitive an lachta na lachtanna Dative leis an lacht don lacht leis na lachtanna

Synonyms

• bleacht
• bleán
• bleánach
• crúthach
• táirgeacht
• tál

Derived terms

• lacht- (“lacto-”)
• lachtach (“lactic, milky; tearful”)
• lachtacht f (“lactation”)
• lachtadh m (“lactation”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lac, presumably via Late Latin lactis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈axt/

Noun

lacht m (genitive lachta)

1. milk

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lacht	—	—
Vocative	lacht	—	—
Accusative	lachtN	—	—
Genitive	lachtoH, lachtaH	—	—
Dative	lachtL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: lacht
• Scottish Gaelic: lac, lachd

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lacht also llacht after a proclitic ending in a vowel	lacht pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language