locha
See also: lochą
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈl̪ˠɔxə]
Noun
locha
- genitive singular of loch
Polish
Pronunciation
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)
Declension
Declension of locha
Derived terms
verb
- lochać
Descendants
- → Ukrainian: льо́ха (lʹóxa)
- → Yiddish: ליאָכע (lyokhe)
Etymology 2
Noun
locha f
- (Far Masovian) synonym of dziura
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
locha
- 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
- genitive singular of loch
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlot͡ʃa/ [ˈlo.t͡ʃa]
- Rhymes: -otʃa
- Syllabification: lo‧cha
Noun
locha f (plural lochas)
- loach (freshwater fish)
Further reading
- “locha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024