leachtach

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲaxt̪ˠəx/
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲa(x)t̪ˠa(x)/

Etymology 1

From leacht (grave) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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

  1. strewn with gravemounds or memorial cairns
Declension
Declension of leachtach
Positive singular plural
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

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Old Irish lechdach (liquid (of a consonant)), from legad ((act of) melting).[1] By surface analysis, leacht (liquid) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix), though etymologically leacht (liquid) is a back-formation from this word.

Alternative forms

Adjective

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

  1. (phonetics, phonology) liquid
  2. fluid
Declension
Declension of leachtach
Positive singular plural
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
Derived terms
  • unsa leachtach (fluid ounce)

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “leaċtaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 639; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lechdach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language