Dutch

Verb

lacht

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of lachen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of lachen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laxt]

Verb

lacht

1. Third-person singular present of lachen.
2. Second-person plural present of lachen.
3. Imperative plural of lachen.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lacht ‎(“milk”), from Latin lac, lactis.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): [l̪ˠɑxt̪ˠ]
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): [l̪ˠaxt̪ˠ]

Noun

lacht m ‎(genitive singular lachta, nominative plural lachtanna)

1. yield (of milk)

Declension

Synonyms

• bleacht
• bleán
• bleánach
• crúthach
• táirgeacht
• tál

Derived terms

• lacht- ‎(“lacto-”)
• lachtach ‎(“lactic, milky; tearful”)
• lachtacht f ‎(“lactation”)
• lachtadh m ‎(“lactation”)

References

• "lacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 lacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin lac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈axt/

Noun

lacht m

1. milk

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: lacht

Mutation

References

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