locht
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
locht
- inflection of lochen:
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish locht,[1] from Proto-Celtic *loxtus
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
locht m (genitive singular lochta, nominative plural lochtanna)
- fault, defect, blemish, flaw, imperfection
- abuse
- blame
- Synonym: milleán
- Chuir sí an locht orm.
- She put the blame on me.
Declension edit
Declension of locht
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 locht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “loċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 441
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “locht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *loxtus, from Proto-Indo-European *lok-, see also Proto-Germanic *lahaną (“to blame”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
locht m (genitive lochta)
Inflection edit
Masculine u-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | locht | lochtL | lochtae |
Vocative | locht | lochtL | lochtu |
Accusative | lochtN | lochtL | lochtu |
Genitive | lochtoH, lochtaH | lochto, lochta | lochtaeN |
Dative | lochtL | lochtaib | lochtaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 locht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “locht”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN