leacht
Appearance
See also: léacht
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish lecht, from Latin lectus (“bed”).[1]
Noun
[edit]leacht m (genitive singular leachta, nominative plural leachtanna)
- (literary) grave (excavation in the earth as a place of burial), gravemound
- monument, memorial (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons)
Declension
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Synonyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “leaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 639; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
Etymology 2
[edit]Back-formation from leachtach (“liquid”), reinforced by association with lacht, which primarily means “yield of milk” but can be used in reference to other liquids, especially tears.
Noun
[edit]leacht m (genitive singular leachta, nominative plural leachtanna)
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- leachtacht (“liquidity”)
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language