luch

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish luch, from Proto-Celtic *lukūts (compare Welsh llyg (“shrew”), llygod (“mice”), and Breton logod (“mice”)). The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠux/, /l̪ˠɯx/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /l̪ˠox/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠɞx/ Homophone: loch (Connacht, Ulster) === Noun === luch f (genitive singular luiche, nominative plural lucha) mouse (rodent of the genus Mus) (computing) mouse (input device) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “luċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 682; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “luch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “luch”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “luch”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *lukūts; cognate with Welsh llygod. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈl̪ux/ === Noun === luch f (genitive lochad, nominative plural lochaid) mouse, rat ==== Inflection ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (mouse): luch becc (rat): luch frangcach ==== Descendants ==== Irish: luch Manx: lugh Scottish Gaelic: luch === Mutation === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish luch. Cognates include Irish luch and Manx lugh. The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /l̪ˠux/ === Noun === luch f mouse (computing) A mouse (input device to operate a computer). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== (diminutive) luchag === Mutation === === References === Mark, Colin (2003), “luch”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 406