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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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luch, a mouse, Ir., O. Ir. luch, g. lochat, W. llyg, llygoden, Corn. logoden, Br. logodenn, pl. logod: *lukot-, *pluko-, "gray-one"; Lit. pilkas, gray, pele, mouse; root pel, pol, gray, as under liath. Stokes refers it to the Gadelic root luko-, dark (read lauko- or louko-), whence E. Ir. loch (read lóch), which he takes from I. E. leuq, shine (Lat. lux, etc.), comparing W. llwg, vivid, blotchy, to which add W. llug, blotch, dawning. From this obsolete G. word lóch, dark, comes the name of the rivers Lòchaidh, Adamnan's Nigra Dea or Loch-dae, which we may take as the G. form of it from another of his references.
lùchairt, a palace, castle; see longphort.
luchd, people, Ir. luchd, O. Ir. lucht, W. llwyth, tribe: *lukto-, from plug, pulg, Eng. folk, Ger. volk, whence O.Slov. pluku, a troop.
luchd, a burden, Ir. luchd, E. Ir. lucht, W. llywth a load: lukto-. The O. W. tluith (or maur-dluithruim, multo vecte) has suggested *tlukto-, allied to Lat. tollo, raise (Stokes). Eng. flock?
lùdag, the little finger, Ir. lughadóg, O. Ir. lúta, dat. lútain: *lûddôn-, root lûd, lud, Eng. little, Ag. S. lýtel, O. H. G. luzil; root lu, lû, Eng. loss, -less, Gr. λúω, etc.
lùdag, lùdan, lùdnan, a hinge, ludanan, hinges, Ir. lúdrach (Fol.), ludach ludann (O'R.):
ludair, a slovenly person, ludraig, bespatter with mud, luidir, wallow Ir. ludar (n.), ludair (vb.); two words from lod, mud, and luid, rag.
ludhaig, permit, allow: from the Eng. ’lowing, allowing. lughaic, stipulate for (Hend.).
lùgach, having crooked legs, lùgan, a deformed person, lùigean, a weakling: *lûggo-, root leug, lug, bend, Gr. λυγίζω, bend, Lit. lugnas, pliant.
lugh, swear, blaspheme, O. Ir. luige, oath, W. llw, Br. le: *lugio-n, oath, "binding"; Got. liugan, wed, O. H. G. urliugi, lawless condition, Ag. S. orlege, war.
lugh, a joint (M'A.), luighean, a tendon, ankle, Ir. luthach, joints, luighéan, a nave, M. Ir. luíthech, sinew.
lugha, less, Ir. lugha, O. Ir. lugu, laigiu, positive, lau, lú, little, W. llai, less, from llei, Br. lei, from lau: *legiôs, from *legu-s, little: Lat. levis; Gr. ἐλαχúς, little; Skr. laghá-s, light, Eng. light.
luibh, an herb, Ir. luibh, O. Ir. luib, lubgort, herb-garden, garden, W. lluarth, garden, Cor. luvorth, Br. liorz, garden: *lubi-, herb; Norse lyf, herb, Got. lubja-leisei, witchcraft, "herb-lore", O. H. G. luppi, poison, magic, Ag. S. lyb (do.).
