leacach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish leccach. Equivalent to leac (“flat stone”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

leacach

1. strew with flat stones/flags; flagged, stony

Declension

Declension of leacach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	leacach	leacach	leacacha; leacacha2
vocative	leacaigh		leacacha
genitive		leacaí	strong noun	weak noun
			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

leacach m (genitive singular leacaigh, nominative plural leacaigh)

1. Area strew with flat stones.

Declension

Declension of leacach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative leacach leacaigh vocative a leacaigh a leacacha genitive leacaigh leacach dative leacach leacaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an leacach na leacaigh genitive an leacaigh na leacach dative leis an leacach don leacach leis na leacaigh

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leacach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leccach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leccach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish leccach. Equivalent to leac (“flat stone”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʎɛxkəx/

Adjective

leacach

1. flat

Synonyms

• còmhnard

Related terms

• leac