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

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	leacach	leacach	leacacha; leacacha²
Vocative	leacaigh		leacacha
Genitive		leacaí	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