lacht

lacht

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑxt
• IPA^(key): /lɑxt/

Verb

lacht

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of lachen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of lachen

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laxt]

Verb

lacht

1. Third-person singular present of lachen.
2. Second-person plural present of lachen.
3. Imperative plural of lachen.

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lacht (“milk”), from Latin lac, lactis.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): [l̪ˠɑxt̪ˠ]
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): [l̪ˠaxt̪ˠ]

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

• bleacht
• bleán
• bleánach
• crúthach
• táirgeacht
• tál

Derived terms

• lacht- (“lacto-”)
• lachtach (“lactic, milky; tearful”)
• lachtacht f (“lactation”)
• lachtadh m (“lactation”)

References

• "lacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 lacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lac, lactis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈axt/

Noun

lacht m

1. milk

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: lacht

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lacht also llacht after a proclitic	lacht pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	lacht also llacht after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “1 lacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.