lachu

== Old Irish == === Etymology === Unknown. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to jump, hop, scuttle (> fly)”), and if so cognate with Lithuanian lak (“to fly”), but cognates are few and there is significant semantic distance. An onomatopoeic derivation is also likely. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈl̪a.xu/ === Noun === lachu f (genitive lachan, nominative plural lachain) duck c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 829 ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== lachnach (“abounding in ducks”) ==== Descendants ==== Irish: lacha Manx: laagh Scottish Gaelic: lach === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lachu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language