lahko

Partly from Proto-Finnic *lahko (compare Estonian lahk, Livonian lǭ’gõ, Veps lahk), borrowed either from Proto-Germanic *slagiz or Proto-Germanic *slahō. The original sense inherited from Finnic is “split log”, which is found only in some eastern Finnish dialects in the form laahko.

Partly borrowed from Old Swedish lagh (compare Swedish lag (“a workgroup, a team”)); the meaning “combine (of peasants)” derives from the Old Swedish term.

The remaining senses like “sect, cult” derive from a confluence of these two.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑhko/, [ˈlɑ̝xko̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑhko
• Syllabification^(key): lah‧ko
• Hyphenation^(key): lah‧ko

lahko

1. sect (offshoot of a larger religion sharing at least some unorthodox beliefs)
2. cult (group of people with a sect-like religious identity but exploitative or regarded by outsiders as exploitative towards its members)

   Synonym: kultti

3. (biology, taxonomy) order
4. (dialectal, archaic) A combine of peasants who jointly own a resource, such as a pasture, workhorse or mill.

   Near-synonym: osuuskunta (more modern concept)

• “lahko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• halko

lahko (Cyrillic spelling лахко)

1. (Bosnia) alternative form of lako

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ.

• IPA^(key): /laxkóː/

lahkọ̑

1. may, with permission (possibly, but not certainly)

   Kje lahko plavam? ― Where am I allowed to swim?

   A lahko dobim tvoj naslov? ― Can you give me your address?

2. easily
3. good, well

   Lahko noč! ― Good night!

• lahko noč

• “lahko”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026