liicht

liicht

See also: Liicht

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːɕt/
• Rhymes: -iːɕt

Etymology 1

From Old High German līhti, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz. Cognate with German leicht, Dutch/Low German licht, English light. As to the vocalism: In an early development long vowels before -[c]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).

Adjective

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

1. light, lightweight
2. easy

Declension

declension of liicht

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass liicht	si ass liicht	et ass liicht	si si(nn) liicht
without article	nominative/accusative	liichten	liicht	liicht	liicht
	dative	liichtem	liichter	liichtem	liichten
with article	nominative/accusative	liichten	liicht	liicht	liicht
	dative	liichten	liichter	liichten	liichten

Antonyms

• schwéier

Verb

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