n
u, n. Later m. The form lach not uncommon but
inadmissible in bardic poetry:
lach lochtach,
IGT Decl.
p. 81 § 29
(but:
lacha ┐ luathaibne,
ZCP viii 211 § 59
.
ar
lachaib Éirne,
Ériu iv 100.2
.
lacha ┐ aibne,
PH 4285
).
n
s.
Loch nEchach,
BDD² 1466
.
Loch nOrbsen, ibid. g
s.
locho,
Thes. ii 271.8
(Ardm.).
Locha,
Fél. Feb. 7.
n
du.
dá
loch
,
BDD² 828.
g
du.
dá locha
,
Fél. Prol. 196
.
da
loch
,
Thes. ii 332.1
(
Hy. v 1
). n
pl.
locha,
Airne F. 162.
a
pl.
-locha,
LU 7933.
g
pl.
loch
,
Metr. Dinds. iii 168.1
.
Lake; inlet of the sea; pool: l.¤
gl. stagnum,
Ir. Gl. 781.
co mbíth l.¤ foraib ar meit inna tepairsen,
Ml. 129d15
.
Glenn
dálach dá locha,
Fél. Prol. 196
.
ete ┐ fianlaighi iar L.¤ Echoch,
AU 818
. is crann fo l.¤
(proverbial phrase used of someth.
impossible),
O'Curry 2458
(
Eg. 88, 37b
). do(t)luidsium iarom
co mbui forsan l.¤
`on the surface of the loch
',
Ériu xvi 39 § 8.
dá l.¤ im ṡlíab,
BDD² 828
.
co cúala cumgabáil in locha i
n-airddi,
LU 9098
(
FB 85
). usce do l.¤
(of a superfluous
undertaking),
LU
274
. dublocha ┐ dubaibne (in Hell),
2213
.
co n-accatar in lungine crédume forsind l.¤
,
3357
(
SCC 15
).
co traigtis locha is aibni fria dan duilig diainmi,
YBL
179b16
.
indsi ás (= ós) lochaib,
TBC-LL¹ 5043
.
a l.¤ teineadh . . .
.i. a pein t-suthain ifrinn,
ITS xxix 188.6
. san l.¤ íochtarach
(in lacu inferiori),
TSh. 4150
.
l.¤ da ngoirther a nEabhra
Bethesda,
John v 2
. By extension of the sea:
is ionann
Lochlonnach ré rádh is duine láidir ar fairrge; óir is ionann
lonn is láidir ┐ is ionann l.¤ is fairrge,
Keat. iii 2462.
In loch ochsal the armpit
and
loch bléine (blén) the groin
: locha ochsal gl. reniculos,
Gild. Lor. 216
.
cuir ceirin arna lochaib blen,
Irish Texts v 40.17
.
a cur amal ceirin fo shliasuid deis na mna,
a ngoire da l.¤ bhleine,
23 K 42, 363.1
.
da mbeid na nescoidi
isna lochaib blen,
Rosa Angl. 200.12
.
Compds. With noun:
¤aile
fence or dyke made to confine
a lake
:
l.,
Laws v 270.15
,
.i. donither isin loch .i. trascrus
loch in geimhridh,
25
.
galam .i. gal do eim [.i.] in l.,
O'D.
2263
(
Rawl. B 506, 22a
).
in lochaili lod .i. inní luas in sruthaili uad,
O'D.
1569
(
H 5.15, 4
).
¤lind
brimming pool(?):
án sin,
a lachu línech, / lochlind (sic leg.?) lethas fot bruinnib,
RC xxii 400.2
. carois il-lochlinnip (of an ascetic practice
of Cainnech),
ACL iii 220 § 3
.
¤mag
marshland:
reisg ┐
lochmhoighe,
ZCP x 293.31
.
¤maidm
bursting forth of a lake
:
loch-mhaidhm millte machaire,
Content. xxx 28
.
ceithre
loch-mhadhmanna i n-Éirinn i n-aimsir Neimheadh,
Keat. i
176.1
.
¤muir the sea
:
ro báided C. . . . / forin l. lindamnas,
LL 1345
.
iúl ag sduaigh leamhna ar lochmhuir,
RC xlix
173 § 33
.
¤ṡroth: sligti uisccemla in tire ┐ locsrota E. wide
or brimming streams(?),
CCath. 4892
.
¤thipra
brimming
well
:
i linntibh, no i loch-thiprataibh lán-doimnibh,
MR
102.4
.
¤thopar = prec.:
conḟacaig in lochtobur cáin alaind
ar lár in dithruib,
RC vi 175.2
.
lochtobur legis,
Ériu viii
30.16
. Fig. of Blessed Virgin:
l. lán,
PBocht 2.32
.
¤thomaidm
bursting forth of a lake
: lochthomhadhmann .i.
maidhm no briseadh loch as talmhain, O'Cl.
With adj.
¤domain
deep as a lake
:
hic lochaib lochdoimnib
lindglanib,
Bodl. Dinds. 14
.
¤mall:
tar an sál lachmhall
lodur, / go clár Rachlann rángadur,
L. Cl. A. B. 159.167
.
Common in nn. loc. See Hog. Onom.