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Noun [Old Irish]

IPA: /ˈl̪a.xu/
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to jump, hop, scuttle (> fly)”), and if so cognate with Lithuanian lak (“to fly”), but cognates are few and there is significant semantic distance. An onomatopoeic derivation is also likely. Etymology templates: {{dercat|sga|qfa-sub}}, {{unk|sga}} Unknown, {{der|sga|ine-pro|*lek-||to jump, hop, scuttle (> fly)}} Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to jump, hop, scuttle (> fly)”), {{cog|lt|lak|t=to fly}} Lithuanian lak (“to fly”), {{onomatopoeic|sga|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|lachan|||||||nominative plural|lachain||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|altform=|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} lachu f (genitive lachan, nominative plural lachain), {{sga-noun|f|lachan|lachain}} lachu f (genitive lachan, nominative plural lachain) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-n-mf|acc_pl=lachna|acc_sg=lachain|dat_pl=lachnaib|g=f|gen_sg=lachan}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=lachain+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_du4=|acc_pl=lachna+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=lachain+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|acc_sg4=|acc_sg5=|class=n-f|dat_du=lachnaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=lachnaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=lachain+L|dat_sg2=lachu+L|dat_sg3=|dat_sg4=|dat_sg5=|dat_sg6=|gen_du=lachan+L|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=lachan+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=lachan|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=lachain+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_du4=|nom_pl=lachain|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=lachu|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|nom_sg4=|voc_du=lachain+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_du4=|voc_pl=lachna+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=lachu|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=|voc_sg4=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: lachan [genitive], lachain [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], lachu [nominative, singular], lachain [dual, nominative], lachain [nominative, plural], lachu [singular, vocative], lachain [dual, vocative], lachna [plural, vocative], lachain [accusative, singular], lachain [accusative, dual], lachna [accusative, plural], lachan [genitive, singular], lachan [dual, genitive], lachan [genitive, plural], lachain [dative, singular], lachu [dative, singular], lachnaib [dative, dual], lachnaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], lachu [error-unrecognized-form], also llachu in h-prothesis environments [error-unrecognized-form], also llachu [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. duck Tags: feminine Derived forms: lachnach (english: abounding in ducks)
    Sense id: en-lachu-sga-noun-LSNw2yRH Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish onomatopoeias, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anatids
     
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "lacha"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "laagh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "lach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "qfa-sub"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lek-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to jump, hop, scuttle (> fly)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to jump, hop, scuttle (> fly)”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "lak",
        "t": "to fly"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian lak (“to fly”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to jump, hop, scuttle (> fly)”), and if so cognate with Lithuanian lak (“to fly”), but cognates are few and there is significant semantic distance. An onomatopoeic derivation is also likely.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lachan",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-n-mf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachnaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachnaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "also llachu in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "also llachu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "lachain",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "lachan",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lachu f (genitive lachan, nominative plural lachain)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "lachan",
        "3": "lachain"
      },
      "expansion": "lachu f (genitive lachan, nominative plural lachain)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_pl": "lachna",
        "acc_sg": "lachain",
        "dat_pl": "lachnaib",
        "g": "f",
        "gen_sg": "lachan"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-n-mf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "lachain+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_du4": "",
        "acc_pl": "lachna+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "lachain+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "acc_sg4": "",
        "acc_sg5": "",
        "class": "n-f",
        "dat_du": "lachnaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "lachnaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "lachain+L",
        "dat_sg2": "lachu+L",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "dat_sg4": "",
        "dat_sg5": "",
        "dat_sg6": "",
        "gen_du": "lachan+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "lachan+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "lachan",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "lachain+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_du4": "",
        "nom_pl": "lachain",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "lachu",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "nom_sg4": "",
        "voc_du": "lachain+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_du4": "",
        "voc_pl": "lachna+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "lachu",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": "",
        "voc_sg4": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Anatids",
          "orig": "sga:Anatids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "abounding in ducks",
          "translation": "abounding in ducks",
          "word": "lachnach"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "duck, which is wetter than other birds",
          "text": "lacha .i. lichiu quam aliæ auess",
          "translation": "duck, which is wetter than other birds",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "duck"
      ],
      "id": "en-lachu-sga-noun-LSNw2yRH",
      "links": [
        [
          "duck",
          "duck"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈl̪a.xu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lachu"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "abounding in ducks",
      "translation": "abounding in ducks",
      "word": "lachnach"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "lacha"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "laagh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "lach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "qfa-sub"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lek-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to jump, hop, scuttle (> fly)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to jump, hop, scuttle (> fly)”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "lak",
        "t": "to fly"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian lak (“to fly”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to jump, hop, scuttle (> fly)”), and if so cognate with Lithuanian lak (“to fly”), but cognates are few and there is significant semantic distance. An onomatopoeic derivation is also likely.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lachan",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-n-mf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachnaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachnaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lachu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "also llachu in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "also llachu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "lachain",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "lachan",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lachu f (genitive lachan, nominative plural lachain)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "lachan",
        "3": "lachain"
      },
      "expansion": "lachu f (genitive lachan, nominative plural lachain)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_pl": "lachna",
        "acc_sg": "lachain",
        "dat_pl": "lachnaib",
        "g": "f",
        "gen_sg": "lachan"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-n-mf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "lachain+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_du4": "",
        "acc_pl": "lachna+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "lachain+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "acc_sg4": "",
        "acc_sg5": "",
        "class": "n-f",
        "dat_du": "lachnaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "lachnaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "lachain+L",
        "dat_sg2": "lachu+L",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "dat_sg4": "",
        "dat_sg5": "",
        "dat_sg6": "",
        "gen_du": "lachan+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "lachan+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "lachan",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "lachain+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_du4": "",
        "nom_pl": "lachain",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "lachu",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "nom_sg4": "",
        "voc_du": "lachain+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_du4": "",
        "voc_pl": "lachna+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "lachu",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": "",
        "voc_sg4": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish feminine nouns",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish masculine or feminine n-stem nouns",
        "Old Irish nouns",
        "Old Irish onomatopoeias",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Irish terms derived from substrate languages",
        "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "english": "duck, which is wetter than other birds",
          "text": "lacha .i. lichiu quam aliæ auess",
          "translation": "duck, which is wetter than other birds",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "duck"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈl̪a.xu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lachu"
}

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