- luachair
- rushes, Irish, Early Irish luachair: "light-maker", from louk, light (Latin lux, etc.), Middle Welsh lleu babir, rush-light.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.
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