locha

See also: lochą

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈl̪ˠɔxə]

Noun

locha

  1. genitive singular of loch

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.xa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔxa
  • Syllabification: lo‧cha

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly akin to dialectal Czech lachna, lochna (obese woman), dialectal Slovak lacha (wretched woman) and dialectal Russian ло́ха (lóxa, stupid woman). Less likely borrowed from German Lose (sow).

Noun

locha f (diminutive loszka)

  1. sow (female pig)
    Synonyms: maciora, maciorka, maciura
    Antonym: odyniec
Declension
Derived terms
verb
  • lochać
Descendants
  • Ukrainian: льо́ха (lʹóxa)
  • Yiddish: ליאָכע (lyokhe)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Loch.

Noun

locha f

  1. (Far Masovian) synonym of dziura

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

locha

  1. third-person singular present of lochać

Further reading

  • locha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • locha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “locha”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 112

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

locha f

  1. genitive singular of loch

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlot͡ʃa/ [ˈlo.t͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -otʃa
  • Syllabification: lo‧cha

Noun

locha f (plural lochas)

  1. loach (freshwater fish)

Further reading