Lach

See also: lach, lách, lạch, łach, and Łach

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læʃ/

Proper noun

Lach

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• chal

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German loh, from Proto-Germanic *luką. Cognate with German Loch, Dutch lok, English lock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɑχ]
• Rhymes: -ɑχ

Noun

Lach n (plural Lächer, diminutive Lächelchen)

1. hole
2. cavity
3. (golf) hole, cup

Derived terms

• Nueslach

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian лѧхъ (ljax), from Old East Slavic лѧхъ (lęxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ, from earlier Proto-Slavic *lędxъ, hypocorism of Proto-Slavic *lęděninъ, from Proto-Slavic *lędo (“fallow, uncultivated field”) + Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ. Originally, the word referred to the Lendians tribe (cf. Old Polish Lędzanie), then passed to the Poles.

Alleged relation with Lech unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lax/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: Lach

Noun

Lach m pers (female equivalent Laszka, diminutive Laszek)

1. (archaic or poetic) Pole
2. (Góral) lowlander
3. member of various ethnographic groups in southern Poland

Declension

Declension of Lach

	singular	plural
nominative	Lach	Lachy/Lachowie
genitive	Lacha	Lachów
dative	Lachowi	Lachom
accusative	Lacha	Lachów
instrumental	Lachem	Lachami
locative	Lachu	Lachach
vocative	Lachu	Lachy/Lachowie

Derived terms

nouns

• Lach Sądecki
• strachy na Lachy

 

Derived nouns

nouns

• Podlasie

 

Proper noun

Lach m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Lach

	singular	plural
nominative	Lach	Lachowie
genitive	Lacha	Lachów
dative	Lachowi	Lachom
accusative	Lacha	Lachów
instrumental	Lachem	Lachami
locative	Lachu	Lachach
vocative	Lachu	Lachowie

Proper noun

Lach f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Derived terms

• Lachowa
• Lachówna

 

Further reading

• Lach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Lach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Lach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022