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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish lecca. Under folk-etymology it is sometimes confused with leathcheann (“side of the head”).
Pronunciation
Noun
leiceann m (genitive singular leicinn, nominative plural leicne)
- cheek (part of face)
- Synonyms: grua, pluc
Declension
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Further reading
- “leiceann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lecca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leiceann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN