# leac
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* leag

### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /l̠ʲak/
* (Cois Fharraige) IPA: /l̠ʲæk/

### Noun

leac f (genitive singular leice or lice, nominative plural leaca or leac(r)acha)
* large, flat stone; slab (paving stone); flagstone
* gravestone
    Tá leac lena cheann.He is dead and buried.
* 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.
* kitty (pool of money)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
leac
leaca
vocative
a leac
a leaca
genitive
leice
leac
dative
leac leic (archaic, dialectal)
leaca
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an leac
na leaca
genitive
na leice
na leac
dative
leis an leac leis an leic (archaic, dialectal) don leac don leic (archaic, dialectal)
leis na leaca :
bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
leac
leaca
vocative
a leac
a leaca
genitive
lice
leac
dative
leac lic (archaic, dialectal)
leaca
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an leac
na leaca
genitive
na lice
na leac
dative
leis an leac leis an lic (archaic, dialectal) don leac don lic (archaic, dialectal)
leis na leaca :
* Alternative plural forms: leacacha, leacracha

#### Derived terms

* bain as an leac
* bonnleac
* bundún leice
* cuir ar an leac
* faoi leac
* idir leac is losaid
* leac chloiche
* leac chruaite
* leac chruaiteacháin
* leac chuimhneacháin
* leac dorais
* leac fuinneoige
* leac fuinte
* leac na bpian
* leac oighir
* leac phábhála
* leac teallaigh
* leac tine
* leac tinteáin
* leac uaighe
* leacach
* leacán
* leacra

### Further reading

* Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*flikkā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* *lǣc, lāec, lēc — Anglian

### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /læ͜ɑːk/

### Noun

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

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* ċīpelēac
* croplēac
* gārlēac
* hollēac
* hwītlēac
* lēactūn

#### Related terms

* *hūslēac
* ynnelēac

#### Descendants

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

leac n (plural leacuri)
* medicine, remedy, cure
    Synonyms: medicament, remediu

#### Declension
## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʎɛxk/

### Noun

leac f (dative singular lic, genitive singular lice, plural leacan)
* slab (of stone)
* ledge (of rock)
* flagstone, paving stone
* slate (for writing on)
* gravestone
* cheek

#### Synonyms

* (gravestone): clach-chinn

#### Derived terms

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

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lecc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language