loght

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish locht (“fault, blemish”).

Noun

loght m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. crime
    Hug ad yn loght ass my lieh.
    They pinned the crime on me.
  2. guilt
    gyn loght ― innocent, blameless
  3. trespass
  4. fault
    Beg y yannoo jeh loght.
    Smooth over a fault.
  5. vice
    T’eh currit da’n loght shen.
    He is addicted to that vice.
  6. shortcoming
    dooinney sheshey gyn loght ― model husband
  7. transgression

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