leachtach

== Irish == === Pronunciation === (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲaxt̪ˠəx/ (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲa(x)t̪ˠa(x)/ === Etymology 1 === From leacht (“grave”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix). ==== Adjective ==== leachtach (genitive singular masculine leachtaigh, genitive singular feminine leachtaí, plural leachtacha, not comparable) strewn with gravemounds or memorial cairns ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish lechdach (“liquid (of a consonant)”), from legad (“(act of) melting”). By surface analysis, leacht (“liquid”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix), though etymologically leacht (“liquid”) is a back-formation from this word. ==== Alternative forms ==== lachtach ==== Adjective ==== leachtach (genitive singular masculine leachtaigh, genitive singular feminine leachtaí, plural leachtacha, not comparable) (phonetics, phonology) liquid fluid ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== unsa leachtach (“fluid ounce”) ===== Related terms ===== leáigh (“to melt”) leachtacht f (“liquidity”) ==== Further reading ==== Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “leaċtaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 639; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN === References ===