locha

See also: lochą

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈl̪ˠɔxə]

Noun

locha

1. genitive singular of loch

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.xa/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈlɔ.xa]

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• Rhymes: -ɔxa
• Syllabification: lo‧cha

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly akin to dialectal Czech lachna, lochna (“obese woman”), dialectal Slovak lacha (“wretched woman”) and dialectal Russian ло́ха (lóxa, “stupid woman”). Less likely borrowed from German Lose (“sow”).

Noun

locha f (diminutive loszka)

1. sow (female pig)

   Synonyms: maciora, maciorka, maciura

   Antonym: odyniec

Declension

Declension of locha

	singular	plural
nominative	locha	lochy
genitive	lochy	loch
dative	losze	lochom
accusative	lochę	lochy
instrumental	lochą	lochami
locative	losze	lochach
vocative	locho	lochy

Derived terms

verb

• lochać

Descendants

• → Ukrainian: льо́ха (lʹóxa)
• → Yiddish: ליאָכע (lyokhe)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Loch.

Noun

locha f

1. (Far Masovian) synonym of dziura

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

locha

1. third-person singular present of lochać

Further reading

• locha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• locha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894), “locha”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 112

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

locha f

1. genitive singular of loch

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

locha

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlot͡ʃa/ [ˈlo.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -otʃa
• Syllabification: lo‧cha

Noun

locha f (plural lochas)

1. loach (freshwater fish)

Further reading

• “locha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025