leachtach
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From leacht (“grave, grave-mound; memorial cairn”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
leachtach (genitive singular masculine leachtaigh, genitive singular feminine leachtaí, plural leachtacha, not comparable)
- strewn with grave-mounds, with memorial cairns
Etymology 2 edit
From leacht (“liquid”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
leachtach (genitive singular masculine leachtaigh, genitive singular feminine leachtaí, plural leachtacha, not comparable)
Alternative forms edit
Related terms edit
- leachtacht f (“liquidity”)
Declension edit
Declension of leachtach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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 | |||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN