laoch

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”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠeːx/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠiːx/

laoch m (genitive singular laoich, nominative plural laochra or laoich)

1. (literary) layman
2. warrior, hero

• gaiscíoch

• athlaoch (“old warrior”)
• laochadhradh m (“hero-worship”)
• laochas m (“heroism, valour; gratification, pride; boastfulness, bravado”)
• laochmhíle m (“man-at-arms, warrior”)
• laochta (“valorous, heroic”, adjective)

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

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”).

laoch m (genitive singular laoich, plural laoich)

1. hero, champion, warrior

• gaisgeach

• laochan (“boy, lad”)

• bana-ghaisgeach (“heroine”)

• 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
• “láech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.