lachu
Old Irish
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lek-. Cognate with Lithuanian lak (“to fly”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈl͈axu/
Noun
lachu f (genitive lachan, nominative plural lachain)
- duck
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 829
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 829
Inflection
| Feminine n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | lachu | lachainL | lachain |
| Vocative | lachu | lachainL | lachnaH |
| Accusative | lachainN | lachainL | lachnaH |
| Genitive | lachan | lachanL | lachanN |
| Dative | lachainL, lachuL | lachnaib | lachnaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- lachnach (“abounding in ducks”)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| lachu also llachu after a proclitic |
lachu pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “lachu”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page lach
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lachu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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