leacht

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /l̠ʲaxt̪ˠ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish lecht, from Latin lectus (“bed”). ==== Noun ==== leacht m (genitive singular leachta, nominative plural leachtanna) (literary) grave (excavation in the earth as a place of burial), gravemound monument, memorial (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== uaigh ===== Derived terms ===== leachtach (“strewn with gravemounds”) leachtán (“gravemound”) ==== Further reading ==== Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “leaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 639; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from leachtach (“liquid”), reinforced by association with lacht, which primarily means “yield of milk” but can be used in reference to other liquids, especially tears. ==== Noun ==== leacht m (genitive singular leachta, nominative plural leachtanna) (physics) liquid ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== leachtacht (“liquidity”) === References ===