loch

See also: Loch, łöch, and Łoch

English

WOTD – 30 November 2018

Pronunciation

Alfred de Bréanski, Loch Ness (19th–20th century), from a private collection. Loch Ness, a loch (etymology 1) in the Scottish Highlands, UK, is reputedly inhabited by the Loch Ness monster.

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic loch,[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“pond; pool”).

Noun

loch (plural lochs)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland) A lake.
  2. (Ireland, Scotland) A bay or arm of the sea.
Synonyms
  • (both senses): lough (Britain, Ireland)
  • (lake): lake
  • (bay or arm of the sea): bay, firth, sea loch
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French looch, from Arabic لَعْق‎ (laʿq).

Noun

loch

  1. Alternative form of looch (“medicine taken by licking”)

References

Further reading

Anagrams

Cimbrian

Noun

loch n (plural [please provide])

  1. hole

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Loch (“hole”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ox

Noun

loch m

  1. (colloquial) nick, slammer (prison)

Declension

Synonyms

Further reading

  • loch in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • loch in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔk/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch log.

Noun

loch m (plural lochs)

  1. (nautical) chip log, log

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English loch, from Scottish Gaelic loch.

Noun

loch m (plural lochs)

  1. loch

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish loch, from Proto-Indo-European *lakus (compare Latin lacus, Old English lagu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l̪ˠɔx/
  • loch (GA)(file)

Noun

loch m (genitive singular locha, nominative plural lochanna)

  1. lake

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l͈ox/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *lókus.

Noun

loch n, m

  1. lake
  2. inlet of the sea
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

loch

  1. black, dark
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

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

Polish

loch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Loch (“hole”), from Middle High German loch, from Old High German loh, from Proto-Germanic *luką (“lock; hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend; turn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔx/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

loch m inan

  1. dungeon (an underground prison or vault)
  2. colloquial, regional cellar (esp. a pantry in the cellar)

Declension

Noun

loch f pl

  1. genitive plural of locha

Scots

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic loch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔx/

Noun

loch (plural lochs)

  1. lake, loch, firth

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish loch, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɫ̪ɔx], /ɫ̪ɔx/

Noun

loch f (genitive singular locha, plural lochan)

  1. lake
  2. arm of the sea
  3. fjord

Derived terms

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