leacach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish leccach. Equivalent to leac (“flat stone”) + -ach.
Adjective[edit]
leacach
Declension[edit]
Declension of leacach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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[edit]
Declension of leacach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leacach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “leccach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “leccach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Adjective[edit]
leacach