Irish

Alternative forms

• leag

Etymology

From Old Irish lecc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥keh₂ ‎(“flat surface”).

Celtic cognates include Welsh llech, Breton lec'h, Cornish legh, and the Gaulish toponym Are-lica. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek πλάξ ‎(pláx, “flat stone”). Ultimately connected with PIE *pleh₂- ‎(“flat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲak/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲæk/

Noun

leac f ‎(genitive singular leice, nominative plural leaca)

1. large, flat stone; slab (paving stone); flagstone
2. gravestone

   Tá leac lena cheann.‎

   He is dead and buried.

3. slab (flat piece of material), something slab-shaped

   leac seacláide‎ ― a slab of chocolate

   Ghearr an long an coipeadh ina leaca.‎

   The ship cut the foam into slabs.

4. kitty (pool of money)

Declension

• Alternative genitive singular: lice
• Alternative dative singular: lic
• Alternative plural forms: leacacha, leacracha

Derived terms

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*flikkā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 134
• “lecc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “leac” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "leac" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old English

Noun

lēac n

1. leek

Derived terms

• efelēac
• hollēac
• ynnelēac

Descendants

• Middle English: leek
  • English: leek

Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěkъ, from Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz.

Noun

leac n ‎(plural leacuri)

1. medicine, remedy, cure

Declension

Synonyms

• medicament, remediu

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lecc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥keh₂ ‎(“flat surface”).^[1]

Celtic cognates include Welsh llech, Breton lec'h, Cornish lehan ‎(“slate, slab”), and the Gaulish toponym Are-lica. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek πλάξ ‎(pláx, “flat stone”). Ultimately connected with PIE *pleh₂- ‎(“flat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎɛxk/

Noun

leac f ‎(genitive lice, dative lic, plural leacan)

1. slab (of stone)
2. ledge (of rock)
3. flagstone, paving stone
4. slate (for writing on)
5. gravestone
6. cheek

Synonyms

• (gravestone): clach-chinn

Derived terms

• leacach ‎(“flat”) (adjective)
• leacag ‎(“tile”) (noun)
• leac-eighre ‎(“ice floe”)
• leac-sgrìobhadh ‎(“lithography; offset; epitaph”)

References

1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 134

• “lecc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.