leacach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish leccach. Equivalent to leac (“flat stone”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]leacach
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | leacach | leacach | leacacha; leacacha2 | |
| vocative | leacaigh | leacacha | ||
| genitive | leacaí | leacacha | leacach | |
| dative | leacach; leacach1 |
leacach; leacaigh (archaic) |
leacacha; leacacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos leacaí | |||
| Superlative | is leacaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
[edit]leacach m (genitive singular leacaigh, nominative plural leacaigh)
- Area strew with flat stones.
Declension
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Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leacach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leccach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leccach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish leccach. Equivalent to leac (“flat stone”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]leacach
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic nouns suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives