láech

Old Irish

Borrowed from Late Latin lāicus (“lay, layman, laic”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, “of the people”), from λαός (laós, “the people”).

láech m

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	láech	láech^L	laích^L
Vocative	laích	láech^L	láechu^H
Accusative	láech^N	láech^L	láechu^H
Genitive	laích^L	láech	láech^N
Dative	láech^L	láechaib	láechaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
láech also lláech after a proclitic	láech pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.