leachtach

Irish

Etymology 1

From leacht (“grave, grave-mound; memorial cairn”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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

1. strewn with grave-mounds, with memorial cairns

Etymology 2

From leacht (“liquid”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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

1. (phonology, etc.) liquid

Alternative forms

• lachtach

Related terms

• leachtacht f (“liquidity”)

Declension

Declension of leachtach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN