luach

Irish edit

From Middle Irish lúach, from Old Irish lóg (“value, equivalent, worth”),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *lougos, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“benefit, prize”).

IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuəx/^[2]^[3]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɔx/ when unstressed in the phrase luach pingine (“pennyworth”) /l̪ˠɔxˈpʲiːn̠ʲə/^[4]

luach m (genitive singular luacha, nominative plural luachanna)

Declension of luach

Bare forms:

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “luach”, 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, § 77, page 42
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 151, page 59
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 27, page 14

From Middle Irish lúach, from Old Irish lóg (“value, equivalent, worth”), from Proto-Celtic *lowgos, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“benefit, prize”).

luach m (genitive singular luach)