leac

• leag

From Old Irish lecc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥keh₂ (“flat surface”).

Celtic cognates include Welsh llech, Breton lec'h, Cornish legh, and the Gaulish toponym Are-lica. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “flat stone”). Ultimately connected with PIE *pleh₂- (“flat”).

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲak/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲæk/

leac f (genitive singular leice or lice, nominative plural leaca or leac(r)acha)

1. large, flat stone; slab (paving stone); flagstone
2. gravestone

   Tá leac lena cheann.

   He is dead and buried.

3. slab (flat piece of material), something slab-shaped

   leac seacláide ― a slab of chocolate

   Ghearr an long an coipeadh ina leaca.

   The ship cut the foam into slabs.

4. kitty (pool of money)

• Alternative plural forms: leacacha, leacracha

• Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*flikkā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lecc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “leac”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 423
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34

• *lǣc, lāec, lēc – Anglian

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *lauk, from Proto-Germanic *laukaz.

Cognate with Old Saxon lōk (Low German Look), Dutch look, Old High German louh (German Lauch), Old Norse laukr (Danish løg, Swedish lök, Icelandic laukur).

• IPA^(key): /læ͜ɑːk/

lēac n

1. (generally) An allium; a plant of the genus Allium.
2. (specifically) A leek (Allium ampeloprasum) or garlic (Allium sativum).

• Middle English: lek, leek, leeke, leke, leyke
  • English: leek
    • → Maori: riki
  • Scots: leke, leik

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic лѣкъ (lěkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lěkъ, from Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz.

leac n (plural leacuri)

1. medicine, remedy, cure

• medicament, remediu

From Old Irish lecc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥keh₂ (“flat surface”).[1]

Celtic cognates include Welsh llech, Breton lec'h, Cornish lehan (“slate, slab”), and the Gaulish toponym Are-lica. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “flat stone”). Ultimately connected with PIE *pleh₂- (“flat”).

• IPA^(key): /ʎɛxk/

leac f (genitive lice, dative lic, plural leacan)

1. slab (of stone)
2. ledge (of rock)
3. flagstone, paving stone
4. slate (for writing on)
5. gravestone
6. cheek

• (gravestone): clach-chinn

• leacach (“flat”) (adjective)
• leacag (“tile”) (noun)
• leac-eighre (“ice floe”)
• leac-sgrìobhadh (“lithography; offset; epitaph”)

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lecc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language