leac

Irish

Alternative forms

• leag

Etymology

From Old Irish lecc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥keh₂ (“flat surface”).

Celtic cognates include Welsh llech, Breton lec'h, Cornish legh, and the Gaulish toponym Are-lica. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “flat stone”). Ultimately connected with PIE *pleh₂- (“flat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲak/
• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲæk/

Noun

leac f (genitive singular leice or lice, nominative plural leaca or leac(r)acha)

1. large, flat stone; slab (paving stone); flagstone
2. gravestone

   Tá leac lena cheann.

   He is dead and buried.

3. slab (flat piece of material), something slab-shaped

   leac seacláide ― a slab of chocolate

   Ghearr an long an coipeadh ina leaca.

   The ship cut the foam into slabs.

4. kitty (pool of money)

Declension

Declension of leac

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative leac leaca Vocative a leac a leaca Genitive leice leac Dative leac leic (archaic, dialectal) leaca

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an leac na leaca Genitive na leice na leac Dative leis an leac leis an leic (archaic, dialectal) don leac don leic (archaic, dialectal) leis na leaca

Declension of leac

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative leac leaca Vocative a leac a leaca Genitive lice leac Dative leac lic (archaic, dialectal) leaca

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an leac na leaca Genitive na lice na leac Dative leis an leac leis an lic (archaic, dialectal) don leac don lic (archaic, dialectal) leis na leaca

• Alternative plural forms: leacacha, leacracha

Derived terms

• bain as an leac
• bonnleac
• bundún leice
• cuir ar an leac
• faoi leac
• idir leac is losaid
• leac chloiche
• leac chruaite
• leac chruaiteacháin
• leac chuimhneacháin
• leac dorais
• leac fuinneoige
• leac fuinte
• leac na bpian
• leac oighir
• leac phábhála
• leac teallaigh
• leac tine
• leac tinteáin
• leac uaighe

 

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*flikkā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lecc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Template:R:ga:Dinneen
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laukaz. Cognate with Old Saxon lōk (Low Low German Look), Dutch look, Old High German louh (German Lauch), Old Norse laukr (Danish løg, Swedish lök, Icelandic laukur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læ͜ɑːk/

Noun

lēac n

1. leek

Derived terms

• efelēac
• gārlēac
• hollēac
• ynnelēac

Descendants

• Middle English: leke

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Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěkъ, from Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz.

Noun

leac n (plural leacuri)

1. medicine, remedy, cure

Declension

Declension of leac

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) leac	leacul	(niște) leacuri	leacurile
genitive/dative	(unui) leac	leacului	(unor) leacuri	leacurilor
vocative	leacule		leacurilor

Synonyms

• medicament, remediu

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lecc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥keh₂ (“flat surface”).

Celtic cognates include Welsh llech, Breton lec'h, Cornish lehan (“slate, slab”), and the Gaulish toponym Are-lica. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “flat stone”). Ultimately connected with PIE *pleh₂- (“flat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎɛxk/

Noun

leac f (genitive lice, dative lic, plural leacan)

1. slab (of stone)
2. ledge (of rock)
3. flagstone, paving stone
4. slate (for writing on)
5. gravestone
6. cheek

Synonyms

• (gravestone): clach-chinn

Derived terms

• leacach (“flat”) (adjective)
• leacag (“tile”) (noun)
• leac-eighre (“ice floe”)
• leac-sgrìobhadh (“lithography; offset; epitaph”)

References

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