liacht

Irish

Etymology

From lia +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l̠ʲiəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

liacht f (genitive singular liachta)

medicine (practice, profession)

Declension

Declension of liacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms
	singular
nominative	liacht
vocative	a liacht
genitive	liachta
dative	liacht

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an liacht
genitive	na liachta
dative	leis an liacht don liacht

Synonyms

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, 2013–2025

Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈli̯aːχt/

Adjective

liācht

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