leacach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish lecach.[1] By surface analysis, leac (“flat stone”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

leacach (genitive singular masculine leachaigh, genitive singular feminine leacaí, plural leacacha, comparative leacaí)

  1. strewn with flat stones/flags; flagged, stony

Declension

Declension of leacach
Positive singular plural
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 strewn with flagstones; stony ground

Declension

Declension of leacach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative leacach leacaigh
vocative a leacaigh a leacacha
genitive leacaigh leacach
dative leacach leacaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an leacach na leacaigh
genitive an leacaigh na leacach
dative leis an leacach
don leacach 		leis na leacaigh

References

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish leccach. Equivalent to leac (“flat stone”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʎɛxkəx/

Adjective

leacach

  1. flat

Synonyms

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