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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish lúach, from Old Irish lóg (“value, equivalent, worth”), from Proto-Celtic *lougos, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“benefit, prize”).
Pronunciation
Noun
luach m (genitive singular luacha, nominative plural luachanna)
- value
- price
- reward, recompense, requital
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References
Further reading
- “luach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “luach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “luaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 446
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 42
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish lúach, from Old Irish lóg (“value, equivalent, worth”), from Proto-Celtic *lowgos, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“benefit, prize”).
Pronunciation
Noun
luach m (genitive singular luach)
- value, worth
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