# luch
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish luch, from Proto-Celtic *lukūts (compare Welsh llyg (“shrew”), llygod (“mice”), and Breton logod (“mice”)).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /l̪ˠux/, /l̪ˠɯx/
* (Connacht) IPA: /l̪ˠɔx/ (as if spelled loch)
* (Ulster) IPA: /l̪ˠʌx/ (as if spelled loch)
* Homophone: loch (Connacht, Ulster)

### Noun

luch f (genitive singular luiche, nominative plural lucha)
* mouse (rodent of the genus Mus)
* (computing) mouse (input device)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
luch
lucha
vocative
a luch
a lucha
genitive
luiche
luch
dative
luch luich (archaic, dialectal)
lucha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an luch
na lucha
genitive
na luiche
na luch
dative
leis an luch leis an luich (archaic, dialectal) don luch don luich (archaic, dialectal)
leis na lucha :

#### Derived terms

* ábhach luiche m (“mousehole”)
* luch chodlamáin f (“dormouse”)
* luch fhéir f (“(long-tailed) field mouse”)
* luchóg f

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 luch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 17, page 19
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 69, page 57
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 181

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “luċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “luch”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “luch”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lukūts; cognate with Welsh llygod.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [l͈ux]

### Noun

luch f (genitive lochad, nominative plural lochaid)
* mouse, rat

#### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

#### Synonyms

* (mouse): luch becc
* (rat): luch frangcach

#### Descendants

* Irish: luch
* Manx: lugh
* Scottish Gaelic: luch

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish luch. Cognates include Irish luch and Manx lugh.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /l̪ˠux/

### Noun

luch f
* mouse

#### Declension

$^✝$ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

#### Derived terms

* (diminutive) luchag
* cho sona ri luch ann an lofa

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Colin Mark (2003) “luch”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 406