liacht

From lia +‎ -acht.

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲiəxt̪ˠ/

liacht f (genitive singular liachta)

1. medicine (practice, profession)

• leigheas
• míochaine

• leanbhliacht (“pediatrics”)
• luibhliacht (“herbalism”)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈli̯aːχt/

liācht

1. light, bright

• liāchtere

• Saterland Frisian: ljoacht

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