liacht

Irish

Etymology

From lia +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲiəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

liacht f (genitive singular liachta)

1. medicine (practice, profession)

Declension

Declension of liacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative liacht vocative a liacht genitive liachta dative liacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an liacht genitive na liachta dative leis an liacht don liacht

Synonyms

• leigheas
• míochaine

Derived terms

• leanbhliacht (“pediatrics”)
• luibhliacht (“herbalism”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “liacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “medicine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *leuht. Cognates include Old English lēoht and Old Saxon lioht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli̯aːχt/

Adjective

liācht

1. light, bright

Derived terms

• liāchtere

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: ljoacht

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 29