leifteán

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲəfʲˈtʲaːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɛfʲtʲɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɛfʲtʲanˠ/

Noun

leifteán m (genitive singular leifteáin, nominative plural leifteáin)

1. (medicine, usually in the plural) flatfoot (condition)

Declension

Declension of leifteán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative leifteán leifteáin vocative a leifteáin a leifteána genitive leifteáin leifteán dative leifteán leifteáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an leifteán na leifteáin genitive an leifteáin na leifteán dative leis an leifteán don leifteán leis na leifteáin

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leifteán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 431
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leifteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN