luach

From Middle Irish lúach, from Old Irish lóg (“value, equivalent, worth”), from Proto-Celtic *lougos, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“benefit, prize”).

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɔx/ when unstressed in the phrase luach pingine (“pennyworth”) /l̪ˠɔxˈpʲiːn̠ʲə/[1]

luach m (genitive singular luacha, nominative plural luachanna)

1. value
2. price
3. reward, recompense, requital

• “luach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “luach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “luaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 446
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 42

From Middle Irish lúach, from Old Irish lóg (“value, equivalent, worth”), from Proto-Celtic *lowgos, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“benefit, prize”).

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuəx/

luach m (genitive singular luach)

1. value, worth

• fiach

• cìs luach-leasaichte
• cuir luach air
• luachmhor

• cosgais
• prìs