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German
Pronunciation
Verb
locht
- inflection of lochen:
- third-person singular present
- second-person plural present
- second-person plural imperative
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish locht,[1] from Proto-Celtic *loxtus
Pronunciation
Noun
locht m (genitive singular lochta, nominative plural lochtanna)
- fault, defect, blemish, flaw, imperfection
- abuse
- blame
- Synonym: milleán
Chuir sí an locht orm.- She put the blame on me.
Declension
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 locht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86
Further reading
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *loxtus, from Proto-Indo-European *lok-, see also Proto-Germanic *lahaną (“to blame”).
Pronunciation
Noun
locht m (genitive lochta)
- fault
- blemish
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 locht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “locht”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN