lach

• IPA^(key): /lɑx/

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• Rhymes: -ɑx
• Homophone: lag

From Middle Dutch lach. By surface analysis, deverbal from lachen.

lach m (uncountable, diminutive lachje n)

1. smile
2. laugh

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lach

1. inflection of lachen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• IPA^(key): /lax/

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lach

1. singular imperative of lachen

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠax/^[1]

lach f (genitive singular lachan, nominative plural lachain)

1. Ulster form of lacha (“duck”)

lach

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of liggen

• lait

From Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlat͡ʃ]

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lach m (plural laches)

1. milk

• lachièr
• lachós

• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: lach
• Homophone: Lach

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from leszczyna”)

lach

1. (Kielce) thicket of hazel

   Hypernym: gąszcz

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lach f

1. genitive plural of lacha

• Władysław Siarkowski (1878), “lach”, in “Materiały do etnografii ludu polskiego z okolic Kielc”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej (in Polish), volume 2, chapter 3, Krakow: Komisyja Antropologiczna Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, page 248

From Old Irish lachu (compare Irish lacha, Manx laagh). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Semantic shift to "fare"?

• (Uist, Tiree) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠaxə/ (corresponding to the form lacha)

lach f (genitive singular lacha, plural lachan)

1. (bird, poultry): duck (especially wild), mallard
2. fare

• łago, ƚago

From Latin lacus, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lokus (“lake, pool”).

• IPA^(key): /lak/
• Hyphenation: làch

lach

1. lake (stretch of water)

• mar (sea)
• acua (water)