lucht

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʏxt/
  • audio (Belgium):(file)
  • audio (Netherlands):(file)
  • Hyphenation: lucht
  • Rhymes: -ʏxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lucht, from Old Dutch *luft, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz.

Noun

lucht f (plural luchten, diminutive luchtje n)

  1. air (mixture of gases)
  2. sky
  3. odour, smell
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: lug
  • Sranan Tongo: loktu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lucht

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of luchten
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of luchten

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lucht, from Proto-Celtic *luxtus (contents, crowd, people).

Pronunciation

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Noun

lucht m (genitive singular luchta, nominative plural luchtanna)

  1. contents, (electricity) charge
  2. fill, capacity
  3. cargo, load

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

lucht m (genitive singular lucht)

  1. people (collective noun)
    lucht ceirdetradespeople
    lucht oibrelaborers
    lucht seanmórapreachers

Usage notes

Generally used with another noun in the genitive to indicate people associated with a particular activity.

References


Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *luft, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz.

Noun

lucht f

  1. air
  2. sky
  3. smell, odour

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading


Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *luxtus (contents, crowd, people), of unknown origin. Cognate with Welsh llwyth (cargo; litter (of baby animals)) and Gaulish luxtos.

Pronunciation

Noun

lucht m (genitive luchta, no plural)

  1. contents
  2. cargo
  3. (sailing) complement, crew, (by extension) vessel
  4. occupants, inhabitants, possessors
  5. household

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • comlucht (accomplices, companions)

Descendants

References