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Definition 2025
leachtach
leachtach
Irish
Adjective
leachtach (genitive singular masculine leachtaigh, genitive singular feminine leachtaí, plural leachtacha, not comparable)
- strewn with grave-mounds, with memorial cairns
Etymology 2
From leacht (“liquid”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
leachtach (genitive singular masculine leachtaigh, genitive singular feminine leachtaí, plural leachtacha, not comparable)
Alternative forms
Related terms
- leachtacht f (“liquidity”)
Declension
Declension of leachtach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | leachtach | leachtach¹ | leachtacha³ | |
| Vocative | leachtaigh¹ | leachtach¹ | leachtacha | |
| Genitive | leachtaigh¹ | leachtaí (obsolete) leachtaighe |
leachtacha | leachtach |
| Dative | leachtach² | leachtach¹ (archaic) leachtaigh¹ |
leachtacha³ | |
| Comparative | leachtaí (obsolete) leachtaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
References
- "leachtach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.