leachtach

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲaxt̪ˠəx/
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲa(x)t̪ˠa(x)/

Etymology 1

    From leacht (grave) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

    Adjective

    leachtach (genitive singular masculine leachtaigh, genitive singular feminine leachtaí, plural leachtacha, not comparable)

    1. strewn with gravemounds or memorial cairns
    Declension
    Declension of leachtach
    Positive singular plural
    masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
    nominative leachtach leachtach leachtacha
    vocative leachtaigh leachtacha
    genitive leachtaí leachtacha leachtach
    dative leachtach leachtach;
    leachtaigh (archaic)
    leachtacha
    Comparative níos leachtaí
    Superlative is leachtaí

    Further reading

    Etymology 2

      From Old Irish lechdach (liquid (of a consonant)), from legad ((act of) melting).[1] By surface analysis, leacht (liquid) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix), though etymologically leacht (liquid) is a back-formation from this word.

      Alternative forms

      Adjective

      leachtach (genitive singular masculine leachtaigh, genitive singular feminine leachtaí, plural leachtacha, not comparable)

      1. (phonetics, phonology) liquid
      2. fluid
      Declension
      Declension of leachtach
      Positive singular plural
      masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
      nominative leachtach leachtach leachtacha
      vocative leachtaigh leachtacha
      genitive leachtaí leachtacha leachtach
      dative leachtach leachtach;
      leachtaigh (archaic)
      leachtacha
      Comparative níos leachtaí
      Superlative is leachtaí
      Derived terms
      • unsa leachtach (fluid ounce)

      Further reading

      • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “leaċtaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 639; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

      References

      1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lechdach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language