lachu

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl͈axu/

Noun

lachu f (genitive lachan, nominative plural lachain)

  1. duck
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 829
      lacha .i. lichiu quam aliæ auess
      duck, which is wetter than other birds

Inflection

Feminine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative lachu lachain
Vocative lachu
Accusative lachain
Genitive lachan
Dative lachain
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • lachnach (“abounding in ducks”)

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
lachu
also llachu after a proclitic		 lachu
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/		 lachu
also llachu after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “lachu” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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