liicht

• IPA^(key): /liːɕt/
• Rhymes: -iːɕt

From Middle High German līht, from Old High German līhti, from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht.

Cognate with German leicht, Dutch/Low German licht, English light. As to the vocalism: In an early development long vowels before -ht were regularly shortened (as they have been in Dutch and Low German). Later, in a converse step, Luxembourgish lengthened all vowels in the same position (cf. Gesiicht with an originally short vowel). Since the diphthongisation of old -ī-, -iu-, -ū- occurred at some point between the said shortening and lengthening, this diphthongisation was ‟skipped” in old -īht, -iuht, -ūht (cf. also fiicht from fūhti).

liicht (masculine liichten, neuter liicht, comparative méi liicht or liichter, superlative am liichtesten)

1. light, lightweight
2. easy

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liicht

1. third-person singular present indicative of liichten
2. second-person plural present indicative of liichten
3. second-person singular imperative of liichten
4. second-person plural imperative of liichten