lough
See also: Lough
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Irish loch (from Old Irish loch), from Proto-Celtic *loku (“lake, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“pond, pool”). Doublet of loch and Looe.
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lough (plural loughs)
- (Ireland) A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
- 2009 January 26, Henry McDonald, “It's got fancy flats, a hotel. Even a bank. But can the Titanic Quarter stay afloat?”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Outside, a freezing wind whips across Belfast lough […] .
- 2023 August 23, Tommy Greene, “Lough Neagh ‘dying in plain sight’ due to vast algal blooms”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- A study showing that the temperature of the lough’s water has risen 1C since 1995, however, suggests that climate change and clearer waters as a result of an invasive zebra mussel species may also be contributing factors.
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- loch (in Scotland)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English lough, luh, borrowed from Cumbric *luch, derived from Proto-Brythonic *luch, from Proto-Celtic *lokus (“lake, pool”).
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lough (plural loughs)
- (Northumbria, Cumbria) lake, pool
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Alternative forms edit
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From a Celtic language.
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lough (plural loughs)
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References edit
- “lough, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.