lucht1, m. 1. (gs. ~a, pl. ~anna).Content, charge; fill, capacity; cargo, load. (a)~ coire, the fill of a cauldron. Is é sin a ~, that is as much as it will hold. Ná cuir ann ach aon ~ amháin, fill it once only. (b)~ loinge, shipload. ~ a thógáil ar bord, to take a cargo on board. Sheol ~ loinge díobh as Éirinn, a shipload of them sailed from Ireland. (c)~ a ithe, a ól, to eat, drink, a large amount. Tá ~ ite aige, he is gorged. (d)Lig sé amach a ~, he gave vent to his feelings. (e)~ leictreach, electric charge. 2. (gs. ~).(Class, category, of) people. ~ cathrach, tuaithe, city, country, people. ~ sléibhe, cladaigh, mountain, coast, dwellers. ~ taistil, imirce, travellers, emigrants. ~ oibre, ceirde, workpeople, tradespeople. ~ freastail, imeartha, attendants, players. ~ leanúna, páirte, followers, partisans. ~ ceannais, persons in authority. ~ léinn, learned persons. ~ an airgid, the moneyed classes. ~ siopaí, shopkeepers; shopworkers. ~ an chruinnithe, the people at the gathering. An ~ éisteachta, féachana, the audience, spectators. An ~ tarrthála, the rescue party. ~ (na) cúlchainte, backbiters. Mo ~ aitheantais, my acquaintances. ~ a bhreathnaithe, those who were watching him. ~ ár linne, the people of our time. ~ briste an dlí, (the) lawbreakers. ~ déanta poitín, poteen-makers.
luchtaigh, v.t. Charge, fill; lade, load. Soitheach a luchtú, to load a vessel. Bataire a luchtú, to charge a battery. Tú féin a luchtú le bia, to gorge oneself with food. Bhí sé luchtaithe le fearg, le deora, he was ready to break out in anger, in tears. (Var:lucht2)