lagh

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Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian lago, from Latin lacus.

Noun

lagh

  1. lake

Middle English

Noun

lagh

  1. Alternative form of lawe

Old Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse lag.

Noun

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

  1. layer
  2. law

Declension

Declension of lagh (Scanian system)
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

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

lagh m (genitive singular lagha, plural laghannan)

  1. law
Declension of lagh (type IVb masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative lagh laghannan
Genitive lagha laghannan
Dative lagha laghannan
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) lagh (na) laghannan
Genitive (an) lagha (nan) laghannan
Dative (an) lagha (na) laghannan
Vocative (a) lhagh (a) lhaghannan

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
lagh unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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