liicht
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liːɕt/
- Rhymes: -iːɕt
Etymology 1
From Middle High German līht, from Old High German līhti, from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht.
Cognate with German leicht, Dutch/Low German licht, English light. As to the vocalism: In an early development long vowels before -[c]ht were regularly shortened (as they have been in Dutch and Low German). Later, in a converse step, Luxembourgish lengthened all vowels in the same position (cf. Gesiicht with an originally short vowel). Since the diphthongisation of old -ī-, -iu-, -ū- occurred at some point between the said shortening and lengthening, this diphthongisation was ‟skipped” in old -īht, -iuht, -ūht (cf. also fiicht from fūhti).
Adjective
liicht (masculine liichten, neuter liicht, comparative méi liicht or liichter, superlative am liichtsten or am liichtesten)
Declension
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass liicht | si ass liicht | et ass liicht | si si(nn) liicht | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | liichten | liicht | liicht | liicht |
independent without determiner | liichtes | liichter | |||
dative | after any declined word | liichten | liichter | liichten | liichten |
as first declined word | liichtem | liichtem |