leachtach

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Irish

Etymology 1

From leacht (“grave, grave-mound; memorial cairn”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

leachtach (genitive singular masculine leachtaigh, genitive singular feminine leachtaí, plural leachtacha, not comparable)

  1. 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)

  1. (phonology, etc.) liquid
Alternative forms

Declension

Declension of leachtach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative leachtach leachtach leachtacha
Vocative leachtaigh leachtacha
Genitive leachtaí leachtacha leachtach
Dative leachtach leachtach;
leachtaigh (archaic) 		leachtacha
Comparative níos leachtaí
Superlative is leachtaí

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