"luch" meaning in Irish

See luch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /l̪ˠux/ [Munster], /l̪ˠɯx/ [Munster], /l̪ˠox/ [Connacht], /l̪ˠɞx/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish luch, from Proto-Celtic *lukūts (compare Welsh llyg (“shrew”), llygod (“mice”), and Breton logod (“mice”)). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|sga|luch}} Old Irish luch, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*lukūts}} Proto-Celtic *lukūts, {{cog|cy|llyg||shrew}} Welsh llyg (“shrew”), {{cog|br|logod|t=mice}} Breton logod (“mice”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|luiche|||||||nominative plural|lucha|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} luch f (genitive singular luiche, nominative plural lucha), {{ga-noun|f|luiche|~a}} luch f (genitive singular luiche, nominative plural lucha) Forms: luiche [genitive, singular], lucha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], luch [indefinite, nominative, singular], lucha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a luch [indefinite, singular, vocative], a lucha [indefinite, plural, vocative], luiche [genitive, indefinite, singular], luch [genitive, indefinite, plural], luch [dative, indefinite, singular], luich [archaic, dative, dialectal, indefinite, singular], lucha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an luch [definite, nominative, singular], na lucha [definite, nominative, plural], na luiche [definite, genitive, singular], na luch [definite, genitive, plural], leis an luch [dative, definite, singular], leis an luich [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], don luch [dative, definite, singular], don luich [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], leis na lucha [dative, definite, plural]
  1. mouse (rodent of the genus Mus) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-luch-ga-noun-3AmjlVvF
  2. (computing) mouse (input device) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-luch-ga-noun-1cxY5okB Categories (other): Computing, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Murids Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Murids: 12 88 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ábhach luiche (english: mousehole) [masculine], luch chodlamáin (english: dormouse) [feminine], luch fhéir (english: (long-tailed) field mouse) [feminine], luchóg [feminine]

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "mousehole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "mousehole",
      "word": "ábhach luiche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "dormouse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "dormouse",
      "word": "luch chodlamáin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "(long-tailed) field mouse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "(long-tailed) field mouse",
      "word": "luch fhéir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luchóg"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "luch"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish luch",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*lukūts"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *lukūts",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "llyg",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shrew"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh llyg (“shrew”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "logod",
        "t": "mice"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton logod (“mice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish luch, from Proto-Celtic *lukūts (compare Welsh llyg (“shrew”), llygod (“mice”), and Breton logod (“mice”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "luiche",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lucha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lucha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a lucha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luiche",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lucha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na lucha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na luiche",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an luich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don luich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na lucha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "lucha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "luiche",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "luch f (genitive singular luiche, nominative plural lucha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "luiche",
        "3": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "luch f (genitive singular luiche, nominative plural lucha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mouse (rodent of the genus Mus)"
      ],
      "id": "en-luch-ga-noun-3AmjlVvF",
      "links": [
        [
          "mouse",
          "mouse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "ga:Computing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Murids",
          "orig": "ga:Murids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mouse (input device)"
      ],
      "id": "en-luch-ga-noun-1cxY5okB",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "mouse",
          "mouse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) mouse (input device)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/l̪ˠux/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̪ˠɯx/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̪ˠox/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̪ˠɞx/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "loch (Connacht, Ulster)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "luch"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Murids"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "mousehole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "mousehole",
      "word": "ábhach luiche"
    },
    {
      "english": "dormouse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "dormouse",
      "word": "luch chodlamáin"
    },
    {
      "english": "(long-tailed) field mouse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "(long-tailed) field mouse",
      "word": "luch fhéir"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luchóg"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "luch"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish luch",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*lukūts"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *lukūts",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "llyg",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shrew"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh llyg (“shrew”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "logod",
        "t": "mice"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton logod (“mice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish luch, from Proto-Celtic *lukūts (compare Welsh llyg (“shrew”), llygod (“mice”), and Breton logod (“mice”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "luiche",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lucha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lucha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a lucha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luiche",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lucha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na lucha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na luiche",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an luich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don luch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don luich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na lucha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "lucha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "luiche",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "luch f (genitive singular luiche, nominative plural lucha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "luiche",
        "3": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "luch f (genitive singular luiche, nominative plural lucha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mouse (rodent of the genus Mus)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mouse",
          "mouse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mouse (input device)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "mouse",
          "mouse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) mouse (input device)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/l̪ˠux/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̪ˠɯx/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̪ˠox/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̪ˠɞx/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "loch (Connacht, Ulster)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "luch"
}

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