liicht

See also: Liicht

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /liːɕt/
  • Rhymes: -iːɕt

Etymology 1

From Middle High German līht, from Old High German līhti, from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht.

Cognate with German leicht, Dutch/Low German licht, English light. As to the vocalism: In an early development long vowels before -[c]ht were regularly shortened (as they have been in Dutch and Low German). Later, in a converse step, Luxembourgish lengthened all vowels in the same position (cf. Gesiicht with an originally short vowel). Since the diphthongisation of old -ī-, -iu-, -ū- occurred at some point between the said shortening and lengthening, this diphthongisation was ‟skipped” in old -īht, -iuht, -ūht (cf. also fiicht from fūhti).

Adjective

liicht (masculine liichten, neuter liicht, comparative méi liicht or liichter, superlative am liichtsten or am liichtesten)

  1. light, lightweight
  2. easy
Declension
declension of liicht
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass liicht si ass liicht et ass liicht si si(nn) liicht
nominative /
accusative		 attributive and/or after determiner liichten liicht liicht liicht
independent without determiner liichtes liichter
dative after any declined word liichten liichter liichten liichten
as first declined word liichtem liichtem
Antonyms

Verb

liicht

  1. third-person singular present indicative of liichten
  2. second-person plural present indicative of liichten
  3. second-person singular imperative of liichten
  4. second-person plural imperative of liichten
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