lucht

See also: Lucht

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʏxt/
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  • Audio (Netherlands):(file)
  • Hyphenation: lucht
  • Rhymes: -ʏxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lucht, from Old Dutch *luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz.

Noun

lucht f (plural luchten, diminutive luchtje n)

  1. air (mixture of gases)
    De frisse lucht in het bos voelde verkwikkend aan. ― The fresh air in the forest felt invigorating.
  2. sky
    De vogels vlogen hoog in de lucht. ― The birds flew high in the sky.
  3. odour, smell
    Er hing een vreemde lucht in de kamer. ― There was a strange odour in the room.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: lug
  • Javindo: luch, luh
  • Jersey Dutch: lœxt
  • → Sranan Tongo: loktu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lucht

  1. inflection of luchten:
    1. singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish lucht,[1] from Proto-Celtic *luxtus (“contents, crowd, people”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

lucht m (genitive singular luchta, nominative plural luchtanna)

  1. contents
  2. (electricity) charge
  3. fill, capacity
  4. cargo, load
    Synonyms: lasta, lastas

Declension

Declension of lucht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative lucht luchtanna
vocative a lucht a luchtanna
genitive luchta luchtanna
dative lucht luchtanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an lucht na luchtanna
genitive an luchta na luchtanna
dative leis an lucht
don lucht 		leis na luchtanna

Derived terms

  • lucht loinge (“shipload”)

Noun

lucht m (genitive singular lucht)

  1. (collective) people

Usage notes

Generally used with another noun in the genitive to indicate people associated with a particular activity.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lucht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*luxtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 251
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 166, page 85

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz.

Noun

lucht f or m

  1. air
  2. sky
  3. smell, odour

Inflection

Strong feminine noun
singular plural
nominative lucht luchte
accusative lucht luchte
genitive lucht, luchte luchte
dative lucht, luchte luchten
Strong masculine noun
singular plural
nominative lucht luchte
accusative lucht luchte
genitive luchts luchte
dative luchte luchten

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

  • “lucht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lucht (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *luxtus (“contents, crowd, people”), of unknown origin.[1] Cognate with Welsh llwyth (“cargo; litter (of baby animals)”) and Gaulish luxtos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l͈uxt/

Noun

lucht m (genitive luchta or lochta, no plural)

  1. contents
  2. cargo
  3. (sailing) complement, crew, (by extension) vessel
  4. occupants, inhabitants, possessors
  5. household

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative lucht — —
vocative lucht — —
accusative luchtN — —
genitive luchtoH, luchtaH, lochtaH — —
dative luchtL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • comlucht (“accomplices, companions”)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*luxtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 251

Further reading

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