lacha

See also: Lacha, lâcha, lachą, łacha, and łachą

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lachu (compare Scottish Gaelic lach, Manx laagh).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠaxə/[2]

Noun

lacha f (genitive singular lachan, nominative plural lachain)

  1. duck

Declension

Declension of lacha (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative lacha lachain
vocative a lacha a lachain
genitive lachan lachan
dative lacha
lachain (archaic, dialectal) 		lachain
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an lacha na lachain
genitive na lachan na lachan
dative leis an lacha
leis an lachain (archaic, dialectal)
don lacha
don lachain (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na lachain

Derived terms

  • Dubhlachán
  • lacha bhadánach (“tufted duck”)
  • lacha bhreac (“common shelduck”)
  • lacha chosrua (“American black duck”)
  • lacha ghobrósach (“rosy-billed pochard”)
  • lacha iascán (“greater scaup”)
  • lacha mhandrach (“mandarin duck”)
  • lacha Mheiriceánach (“canvas-back”)
  • lacha rua (“ruddy duck”)
  • lachín (“duckling”)
  • mionlacha
  • praslacha (“teal”)
  • seil-lacha (“shelduck”)

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lachu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 62, page 32

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of laska + -cha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.xa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -axa
  • Syllabification: la‧cha

Noun

lacha f

  1. augmentative of laska
    Synonym: laga

Declension

Declension of lacha
singular plural
nominative lacha lachy
genitive lachy lach
dative lasze lachom
accusative lachę lachy
instrumental lachą lachami
locative lasze lachach
vocative lacho lachy

Derived terms

verbs

Further reading

  • lacha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lacha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

lacha f

  1. genitive singular of lach
  2. Uist and Tiree form of lach

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlat͡ʃa/ [ˈla.t͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -atʃa
  • Syllabification: la‧cha

Etymology 1

Noun

lacha f (plural lachas)

  1. female equivalent of lacho (“lover”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Caló lacha, ultimately from Sanskrit लज्जा (lajjā, “shame”).

Noun

lacha f (plural lachas)

  1. (Spain) shame
    Synonyms: pudor, vergüenza

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Basque latxa.

Noun

lacha f (plural lachas)

  1. a breed of sheep

Etymology 4

Noun

lacha f (plural lachas)

  1. the menhaden

Further reading

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