lucht

• IPA^(key): /lʏxt/

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• Hyphenation: lucht
• Rhymes: -ʏxt

From Middle Dutch lucht, from Old Dutch *luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz.

lucht f (plural luchten, diminutive luchtje n)

1. air (mixture of gases)

   De frisse lucht in het bos voelde verkwikkend aan.

   The fresh air in the forest felt invigorating.

2. sky

   De vogels vlogen hoog in de lucht.

   The birds flew high in the sky.

3. odour, smell

   Er hing een vreemde lucht in de kamer.

   There was a strange odour in the room.

• lugt (obsolete)

• Afrikaans: lug
• Javindo: luch, luh
• Jersey Dutch: lœxt
• → Sranan Tongo: loktu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lucht

1. inflection of luchten:
   1. singular present indicative
   2. imperative

• luchd (obsolete)

From Old Irish lucht,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *luxtus (“contents, crowd, people”).^[2]

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠʊxt̪ˠ/^[3]
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɔxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠʌxt̪ˠ/

lucht m (genitive singular luchta, nominative plural luchtanna)

1. contents
2. (electricity) charge
3. fill, capacity
4. cargo, load

   Synonyms: lasta, lastas

• lucht loinge (“shipload”)

lucht m (genitive singular lucht)

1. (collective) people

Generally used with another noun in the genitive to indicate people associated with a particular activity.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lucht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Old Dutch *luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz.

lucht f

1. air
2. sky
3. smell, odour

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• locht

• Dutch: lucht
• Limburgish: lóch

• “lucht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lucht (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From Proto-Celtic *luxtus (“contents, crowd, people”), of unknown origin.^[1] Cognate with Welsh llwyth (“cargo; litter (of baby animals)”) and Gaulish luxtos.

• IPA^(key): /l͈uxt/

lucht m (genitive luchta or lochta, no plural)

1. contents
2. cargo
3. (sailing) complement, crew, (by extension) vessel
4. occupants, inhabitants, possessors
5. household

• comlucht (“accomplices, companions”)

• Irish: lucht
• Manx: lught
• Scottish Gaelic: luchd

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lucht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language