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* {{IPA|en|/lɒk/|/lɒx/|a=RP}} |
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* {{homophones|en|loch}} |
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# {{lb|en|Ireland}} A [[lake]] or long, narrow [[inlet]], especially in [[Ireland]]. |
# {{lb|en|Ireland}} A [[lake]] or long, narrow [[inlet]], especially in [[Ireland]]. |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2009 January 26|author=Henry McDonald|title=It's got fancy flats, a hotel. Even a bank. But can the Titanic Quarter stay afloat?|journal=The Guardian|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jan/26/regeneration-titanic-quarter-property-development |
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|passage=Outside, a freezing wind whips across Belfast '''lough''' {{...|and, in the distance, a film of snow lines the summit of the Cave Hill mountain}}.}} |
|passage=Outside, a freezing wind whips across Belfast '''lough''' {{...|and, in the distance, a film of snow lines the summit of the Cave Hill mountain}}.}} |
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#* {{quote-journal|en-GB|author=Tommy Greene|title=Lough Neagh ‘dying in plain sight’ due to vast algal blooms|work=The Guardian|date=2023-08-23|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/23/lough-neagh-dying-in-plain-sight-say-campaigners-due-to-vast-algal-blooms|issn=0261-3077|passage=A study showing that the temperature of the '''lough'''’s water has risen 1C since 1995, however, suggests that climate change and clearer waters as a result of an invasive zebra mussel species may also be contributing factors.}} |
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* {{l|en|Lough Allen}} |
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* {{l|en|Lough Foyle}} |
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* {{l|en|Lough Neagh}} |
* {{l|en|Lough Neagh}} |
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* {{l|en|Lough Swilly}} |
* {{l|en|Lough Swilly}} |
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* {{l|en|Strangford Lough}} |
* {{l|en|Strangford Lough}} |
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===Etymology 2=== |
===Etymology 2=== |
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From {{inh|en|enm|lough}}, {{m|enm|luh}}, borrowed from {{bor|en|xcb|*luch}}, derived from {{der|en|cel-bry-pro|*luch}}, from {{der|en|cel-pro|*lokus||lake, pool}}. |
From {{inh|en|enm|lough}}, {{m|enm|logh}}, {{m|enm|luh}}, borrowed from {{bor|en|xcb|*luch}}, derived from {{der|en|cel-bry-pro|*luch}}, from {{der|en|cel-pro|*lokus||lake, pool}}. |
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* {{IPA|en|/lɒf/|a=UK}} |
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* {{rhymes|en|ɒf|s1=1}} |
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# {{lb|en|Northumbria}} [[lake]], [[pool]] |
# {{lb|en|Northumbria|Cumbria}} [[lake]], [[pool]] |
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===Anagrams=== |
===Anagrams=== |
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* {{anagrams|en|a=ghlou|ghoul}} |
* {{anagrams|en|a=ghlou|ghoul}} |
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{{C|en|Bodies of water}} |
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==Middle English== |
==Middle English== |
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====Descendants==== |
====Descendants==== |
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* {{desc|en|loch}} |
* {{desc|en|lough|loch}} |
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* {{desc|sco|loch}} |
* {{desc|sco|loch}} |
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Latest revision as of 22:33, 21 October 2024
See also: Lough
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Irish loch (from Old Irish loch), from Proto-Celtic *loku (“lake, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“pond, pool”). Doublet of loch and Looe.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɒk/, /lɒx/
- (General American) IPA(key): /lɑk/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒk, -ɒx
- Homophone: loch
Noun
[edit]lough (plural loughs)
- (Ireland) A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
- 2009 January 26, Henry McDonald, “It's got fancy flats, a hotel. Even a bank. But can the Titanic Quarter stay afloat?”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Outside, a freezing wind whips across Belfast lough […] .
- 2023 August 23, Tommy Greene, “Lough Neagh ‘dying in plain sight’ due to vast algal blooms”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- A study showing that the temperature of the lough’s water has risen 1C since 1995, however, suggests that climate change and clearer waters as a result of an invasive zebra mussel species may also be contributing factors.
Synonyms
[edit]- loch (in Scotland)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English lough, logh, luh, borrowed from Cumbric *luch, derived from Proto-Brythonic *luch, from Proto-Celtic *lokus (“lake, pool”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lough (plural loughs)
- (Northumbria, Cumbria) lake, pool
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a Celtic language.
Noun
[edit]lough (plural loughs)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “lough, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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- Rhymes:English/ɒk
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- Rhymes:English/ɒf
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- Northumbrian English
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