lacht

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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

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

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

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References

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lac, presumably via Late Latin lactis.

Pronunciation

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

Mutation of lacht
radical lenition nasalization
lacht
also llacht after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
lacht
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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