lacht

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɑxt
IPA^(key): /lɑxt/

Verb

lacht

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

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [laxt]
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Verb

lacht

inflection of lachen:
1. third-person singular present
2. second-person plural present
3. plural imperative

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)

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

Derived terms

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 lacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lac, presumably via Late Latin lactis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l͈axt/

Noun

lacht m (genitive lachta)

milk

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lacht	—	—
Vocative	lacht	—	—
Accusative	lacht^N	—	—
Genitive	lachto^H, lachta^H	—	—
Dative	lacht^L	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: lacht
Scottish Gaelic: lac, lachd

Mutation

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

References

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 lacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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