lachu

See also: Lachu and łachu

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)

  1. duck
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 829
      lacha .i. lichiu quam aliæ auess
      duck, which is wetter than other birds

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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • lachnach (“abounding in ducks”)

Descendants

  • Irish: lacha
  • Manx: laagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: lach

Mutation

Mutation of lachu
radical lenition nasalization
lachu
also llachu in h-prothesis environments		 lachu
pronounced with /l-/		 lachu
also llachu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “lachu”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page lach

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