leaca

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲakə/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lecca (“cheek, jaw”).[2]

Alternative forms

Noun

leaca f (genitive singular leacan, nominative plural leicne)

  1. cheek (side of the face)
  2. (of hill) side, slope
  3. (of leaf) side
Declension
Declension of leaca (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative leaca leicne
vocative a leaca a leicne
genitive leacan leacan
dative leaca
leacain (archaic, dialectal) 		leicne
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an leaca na leicne
genitive na leacan na leacan
dative leis an leaca
leis an leacain (archaic, dialectal)
don leaca
don leacain (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na leicne
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • leacanta (“smooth-cheeked”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

leaca f pl

  1. nominative/vocative/dative plural of leac

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 184
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lecca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “leaca”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 638; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leaca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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