"leaca" meaning in Irish

See leaca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Middle Irish lecca (“cheek, jaw”), from Old Irish lecco. Doublet of leiceann. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|lecca|t=cheek, jaw}} Middle Irish lecca (“cheek, jaw”), {{der|ga|sga|lecco}} Old Irish lecco, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019), “lecca”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>}}, {{doublet|ga|leiceann}} Doublet of leiceann Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|leacan|||||||nominative plural|leicne|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} leaca f (genitive singular leacan, nominative plural leicne), {{ga-noun|f|leacan|leicne}} leaca f (genitive singular leacan, nominative plural leicne) Forms: leacan [genitive, singular], leicne [nominative, plural], declension-5 [table-tags], no-table-tags [table-tags], leaca [indefinite, nominative, singular], leicne [indefinite, nominative, plural], a leaca [indefinite, singular, vocative], a leicne [indefinite, plural, vocative], leacan [genitive, indefinite, singular], leacan [genitive, indefinite, plural], leaca [dative, indefinite, singular], leacain [archaic, dative, dialectal, indefinite, singular], leicne [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an leaca [definite, nominative, singular], na leicne [definite, nominative, plural], na leacan [definite, genitive, singular], na leacan [definite, genitive, plural], leis an leaca [dative, definite, singular], leis an leacain [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], don leaca [dative, definite, singular], don leacain [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], leis na leicne [dative, definite, plural], leacain [alternative, Galway, Ulster]
  1. cheek (side of the face) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-leaca-ga-noun-w8Kv69Kj Categories (other): Face Disambiguation of Face: 100 0 0 0
  2. side, slope (of a hill) Tags: feminine Synonyms (cheek, side, slope): leiceann
    Sense id: en-leaca-ga-noun-van4Q75F Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Landforms Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 10 54 10 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 52 16 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 71 10 10 Disambiguation of Landforms: 6 81 6 6 Disambiguation of 'cheek, side, slope': 18 71 11
  3. side (of a leaf) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-leaca-ga-noun-824u982A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: leacanta (english: smooth-cheeked) [adjective]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈl̠ʲakə/ Forms: leacacha [alternative], leacracha [alternative]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|ga|noun form|g=f-p}} leaca f pl
  1. nominative/vocative/dative plural of leac Tags: dative, feminine, form-of, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: leac
    Sense id: en-leaca-ga-noun-~u4WWj3V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "smooth-cheeked",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "smooth-cheeked",
      "word": "leacanta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
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      "form": "leacan",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "leicne",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural",
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      ]
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        "singular"
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      "form": "leaca",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "an leaca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na leicne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na leacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "na leacan",
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    },
    {
      "form": "leis an leaca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an leacain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don leaca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don leacain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "leis na leicne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leacain",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Galway",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
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        "15": "",
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        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "leacan",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "18 71 11",
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        "feminine"
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        "side (of a leaf)"
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          "side",
          "side"
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      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "leaca"
}

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      "ipa": "/ˈl̠ʲakə/"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
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        "plural"
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "na leicne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na leacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na leacan",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
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        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "don leacain",
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        "dialectal",
        "singular"
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "Ulster"
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        "cheek (side of the face)"
      ],
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        "feminine"
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        [
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        "feminine"
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      "sense": "cheek, side, slope",
      "word": "leiceann"
    }
  ],
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}

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    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "f-p"
      },
      "expansion": "leaca f pl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "leac"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nominative/vocative/dative plural of leac"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leac",
          "leac#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈl̠ʲakə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leaca"
}

Download raw JSONL data for leaca meaning in Irish (5.6kB)

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  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "leaca"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "leaca",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 8"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "leaca"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "leaca",
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}

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  "called_from": "parser/328",
  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "leaca",
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}

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  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "leaca"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "leaca",
  "trace": "started on line 1, detected on line 25"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "leaca"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "leaca",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/328",
  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "leaca"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "leaca",
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}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "leaca"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "leaca",
  "trace": "started on line 1, detected on line 21"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "leaca"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "leaca",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "leaca"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "leaca",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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