Irish

Noun

laoch m ‎(genitive singular laoich, nominative plural laochra)

1. (literary) layman
2. warrior, hero

Declension

• Alternative genitive plural: laoch

Synonyms

• gaiscíoch

Derived terms

References

• "laoch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “láech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish láech ‎(“warrior, layman”), from Late Latin lāicus ‎(“lay, layman, laic”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός ‎(laïkós, “of the people”), from λαός ‎(laós, “the people”).

Noun

laoch m ‎(genitive singular laoich, plural laoich)

1. hero, champion, warrior

Synonyms

• gaisgeach

Derived terms

• laochan ‎(“boy, lad”)

Related terms

• bana-ghaisgeach ‎(“heroine”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “láech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.