Lach
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læʃ/
Proper noun
Lach
- A surname.
Anagrams
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 Old High German loh, from Proto-Germanic *luką. Cognate with German Loch, Dutch lok, English lock.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lɑχ]
- Rhymes: -ɑχ
Noun
Lach n (plural Lächer, diminutive Lächelchen)
Derived terms
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.[1] Originally, the word referred to the Lendians tribe (cf. Old Polish Lędzanie), then passed to the Poles.
Alleged relation with Lech unclear.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - 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
Declension of Lach
Derived terms
nouns
- Lach Sądecki
- Podlasie
- strachy na Lachy
Proper noun
Lach m pers
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Lach
Proper noun
Lach f (indeclinable)
- a female surname
Derived terms
- Lachowa
- Lachówna
References
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1970-1974) “Lach”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes IV: La—Łapucha, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 17
Further reading
- Lach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Lach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- “Lach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
- Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “Lach”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 357