leaca

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲakə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lecca (“cheek, jaw”).

Noun

leaca f (genitive singular leacan, nominative plural leicne)

1. cheek (side of the face)
2. (of hill) side, slope
3. (of leaf) side

Declension

Declension of leaca

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative leaca leicne Vocative a leaca a leicne Genitive leacan leacan Dative leaca leacain (archaic, dialectal) leicne

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an leaca na leicne Genitive na leacan na leacan Dative leis an leaca leis an leacain (archaic, dialectal) don leaca don leacain (archaic, dialectal) leis na leicne

Derived terms

• leacanta (“smooth-cheeked”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• leacacha
• leacracha

Noun

leaca f pl

1. nominative/vocative/dative plural of leac

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leaca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lecca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language