lagh

Lombard

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Milanese, a few other dialects) IPA^(key): /lak/

Noun

lagh m

1. lake

References

• Arrighi, Cletto (1896), Dizionario milanese-italiano, col repertorio italiano-milanese: […] ‎^[1] (in Italian), Milan: Hoepli, page 363
• Angiolini, Francesco (1897), Vocabolario milanese-italiano coi segni per la pronuncia‎^[2] (in Italian), page 422

Middle English

Noun

lagh

1. alternative form of lawe

Old Danish

Alternative forms

• logh (Jutland)

Etymology

From Old Norse lag.

Noun

lagh n (genitive lax, plural logh) (Scania)

1. layer
2. law

Declension

Declension of lagh

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lagh	laghit	logh	loghin
accusative	lagh	laghit	logh	loghin
dative	laghi	laghinu	loghum	loghunum
genitive	lax	laghsins	lagha	laghanna

The declension is unstable and should be treated as a guide. The case system was gradually being simplified from four to two cases. Even some nominative markers were sporadically kept in the Scanian dialect, although they mostly were replaced with the accusative endings from Old Norse.

Descendants

• Danish: lag, lav, lov

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɡ/

Noun

lagh m

1. lake

Further reading

• “lagh” in Grande Dizionario Piemontese Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

MacBain states that this is a borrowing of English law, though it is possible that the term is from an earlier English source, such as Middle English laȝe or Old English lagu, or perhaps Old Norse lag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫ̪ɤɣ/

Noun

lagh m (genitive singular lagha, plural laghannan)

1. law

Declension

Declension of lagh (type IVb masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	lagh	laghannan
genitive	lagha	laghannan
dative	lagh	laghannan; laghaibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) lagh	(na) laghannan
genitive	(an) lagha	(nan) laghannan
dative	(an) lagh	(na) laghannan; laghaibh1
vocative	lagh	laghannan

¹ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

• riaghailt
• reachd

Derived terms

• frith-lagh (“bylaw”)
• laghadh (“legalize, legalise”)
• laghachd (“legalization, legalisation”)

Mutation

Mutation of lagh

radical	lenition
lagh	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “lagh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[3], Stirling, →ISBN