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 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

• schwéier

Etymology 2

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