liacht

Irish

Etymology

From lia +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /l̠ʲiəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

liacht f (genitive singular liachta)

  1. medicine (practice, profession)

Declension
Declension of liacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative liacht
Vocative a liacht
Genitive liachta
Dative liacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an liacht
Genitive na liachta
Dative leis an liacht

don liacht

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “liacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “medicine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *leuht. Cognates include Old English lēoht and Old Saxon lioht.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈli̯aːχt/

Adjective

liācht

  1. light, bright

Derived terms
  • liāchtere

Descendants
  • Saterland Frisian: ljoacht

References
  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 29
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