lughes

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Cornish luhes, from Old Cornish luwet, from Proto-Celtic *louk-s-o (“shine”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Cognate with Breton luc'hed, Latin lūceō, Old Irish lóchet, and Welsh lluched.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlyxɛs/

Noun

lughes f (singulative lughesen)

  1. (collective) (bolts of) lightning
  2. (collective) flashes

Derived terms

  • lughes an dramm, anterlughes, panlughes (“sheet lightning”)
  • lughesi (“flash”, verb)

Sardinian

Noun

lughes f pl

  1. plural of lughe
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