Lach

== English == === Etymology === As a Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Polish surname, from the noun Lach (“Pole”). As a German surname, from the noun Lache (“pond”). As a Slovene surname, Germanized from Lah. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /læʃ/ === Proper noun === Lach A surname. === Anagrams === chal == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlax] === Proper noun === Lach m anim (female equivalent Lachová) a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Lach”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German loch, from Old High German loh. Cognate with German Loch, Dutch lok, English lock. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [lɑχ] Rhymes: -ɑχ === Noun === Lach n (plural Lächer, diminutive Lächelchen) hole cavity (golf) hole, cup ==== Derived terms ==== Nueslach == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Ruthenian лѧхъ (ljax), from Old East Slavic лѧхъ (lęxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ, from earlier Proto-Slavic *lędxъ, hypocorism of Proto-Slavic *lęděninъ, from Proto-Slavic *lędo (“fallow, uncultivated field”) + Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ. Originally, the word referred to the Lendians tribe (cf. Old Polish Lędzanie), then passed to the Poles. Alleged relation with Lech unclear. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ax Syllabification: Lach Homophone: lach === Noun === Lach m pers (female equivalent Laszka, diminutive Laszek) (archaic or poetic) Pole (Podhale) lowlander Lach; member of various ethnographic groups in southern Poland ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Proper noun === Lach m pers a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Lach f (indeclinable, traditional married form Lachowa or Lachówka, traditional unmarried form Lachówna) a female surname === References === === Further reading === “Lach”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “Lach”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) “Lach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030 Leon Rzeszowski (1891), “Lach”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności‎[3], volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 357