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.

adj (-ó- ? but see BBCS xxvi 144 n. 10 ) o, ā black, dark: l.¤ .i. dub ┐ doirche, O'Curry 2024 ( H 4.22, 49 ). l.¤ .i. dub, ut dicitur: asoilge laith loch-bronda .i. dub-brondae, cid dorche sāmad cāich ┐ cīd rūndae riam ┐ īarom, docruide a rūna laith d'ól, Corm. Y 803 = l.¤ [.i.] dub unde dicitur asoilgi laith lochrúna .i. dubrúna, Thr. Ir. Gl. p. 26 . a lucht locha na a lucht dub gl. [anacht Noe a] luchtlach, Thes. ii 302.15 ( Hy. i Comm .). loch [.i.] dorcha, BColm. 10.4 . mucogam in so . . . liath (l), l.¤ (f), cron (s), Auraic. 5669 . lóch .i. dubh, O'Cl.

As subst. ā, f. g s. cetdoth loichi (t), cetoth cron (c), cetoth forglaisi (q) of a black sow, Auraic. 5671 . saīthech fo chrōin clū co mboil / dodaing fo lōich lucht as-mbir `ein Störriges unter dem schwarzen', ZCP xvii 301.29 .

The follg. may be compds. of this wd.: ¤bríga: diúchtra a terbaig andregoin / ar dotáet do lochbriga / eter argaib erritib, LU 3527 ( SCC 28 , rhet.), glossed: .i. do laechbriga (`lóchbríga(?),' Dillon, SCC² Vocab .). ¤náma: is torc tren hi fothugud / traithaid nerta lochnamat, LU 8894 ( FB 68 , rhet.). bat neirt ar do lochnamtib, LU 10423 (Tochm. Em., rhet.). co niurt for do lochtnamtib (leg. lochnamtib), 6330 (TBC rhet., H).

x see 1 luch.

n m. lóch (an arbha), IGT Decl. § 95 . chaff: ` lóch chaff. Dim. lochán. gan ann acht loch no luaithreadh', P. O'C. cróch do-chúaidh na chamóguibh / mar l.¤ úaibh tré ḟuinneóguibh, IGT Decl. ex. 1708 . cáithleach, nó l.¤, nó neithe éadtarbhacha oile, TSh. 10080 . an fuadach gaoithe / lena dtógthar an l.¤ ón aoltuinn, O'Gr. Cat. 593.25 (`by which the foamflake is lifted from the lime-white wave'), but perh. by which the chaff is lifted from the limestone surface?

adj bright: lūache didiu .i. solus hí, ar dicitur l.¤ .i. solus, ┐ loch dorcha, BColm. 10.4 . `loch .i. solas no soilse, light, splendour', P. O'C. Adv. osluic lat loch indlith rudurtha .i. oslaic lat co solus in ní ro innledh uait a re rudartha, O'Curry 444 ( H 3.18, 238b ).

Compds. With noun. ? mac l.¤ deórad .i. solus deorad, O'Curry 994 ( H 4.22, 27 ; ? recte lóg- (luach-), Ériu lii 203 n. 288 ). With adj. ¤líath bright-grey: suile . . . lochliatha . . . lasamna, ZCP i 127.27 (`seegraue Augen'). Cf. 2 loch . ¤the see Fél. Prol. 40 cited s.v. te.

x see lóg.

ind erig do l.¤ lúrechda, LU 10408 (rhet.) = do l.¤ luirechdai, ZCP iii 257.19 (Tochm. Em). ? = 2 loch .

ind l.¤ dino .i. uile, unde dicitur lochdub .i. uiledub, Corm. Y 803 (continuation of article cited s. 2 loch ). Hence: l.¤ .i. uile, lochdubh .i. uiledhubh, O'Cl. Cf. also luch no loch .i. imad, ut est a luch tair dofeth gaeth i tir .i. asin imad toirithnech dofairgenn gaoth a tír, O'Dav. 1180.

ind lóch (dhuit), IGT Decl. § 64 . do-berar dúal cáomh don chróch / ar l.¤ na gcráobh rúadh don ḟráoch, ex. 1487 .