leifteán

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲəfʲˈtʲaːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɛfʲtʲɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɛfʲtʲanˠ/

Noun

leifteán m (genitive singular leifteáin, nominative plural leifteáin)

1. (medicine, usually in the plural) flatfoot (condition)

Declension

Declension of leifteán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative leifteán leifteáin Vocative a leifteáin a leifteána Genitive leifteáin leifteán Dative leifteán leifteáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an leifteán na leifteáin Genitive an leifteáin na leifteán Dative leis an leifteán don leifteán leis na leifteáin

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leifteán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 431
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leifteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN