Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish láech (“warrior, layman”), from Late Latin lāicus (“lay, layman, laic”),[1] from Ancient Greek λᾱϊκός (lāïkós, “of the people”), from λᾱός (lāós, “the people”). Matasović suggests the “warrior” sense may instead be from Proto-Celtic *lāikos from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“war”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
laoch m (genitive singular laoich, nominative plural laochra or laoich)
- (literary) layman
- warrior, hero
- Synonyms: curadh, gaiscíoch
Declension
Declension of laoch (first declension)
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Declension of laoch (first declension)
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Derived terms
- athlaoch
- laochadhradh m (“hero-worship”)
- laochas m (“heroism”)
- laochmhíle m (“man-at-arms, warrior”)
- laochta (“valorous, heroic”, adjective)
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “láech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*lāyko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 234
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 42
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 182
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 63, page 27
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “laoċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 631; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “laoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish láech (“warrior, layman”), from Late Latin lāicus (“lay, layman, laic”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, “of the people”), from λαός (laós, “the people”).
Pronunciation
Noun
laoch m (genitive singular laoich, plural laoich)
- hero, champion, warrior
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
Mutation of laoch
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lenition
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “laoch”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “láech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
