leaca

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lecca (“cheek, jaw”).[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲakinʲ/[2] (corresponding to the form leacain)

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
singular plural
nominative leaca leicne
vocative a leaca a leicne
genitive leacan leacan
dative leaca
leacain (archaic, dialectal) 		leicne
forms with the definite article
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
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • leacanta (“smooth-cheeked”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

leaca f pl

  1. nominative/vocative/dative plural of leac

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lecca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 411, page 135

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