leatromach

• leatrom

From leatrom (“uneven weight, uneven balance; unevenness, inequality; oppression, affliction”) +‎ -ach.

leatromach (genitive singular masculine leatromaigh, genitive singular feminine leatromaí, plural leatromacha, comparative leatromaí)

1. heavier on one side, unevenly balanced, lopsided
2. one-sided, partial; oppressive
3. oppressed; distressed, afflicted
4. unevenly spread, scattered
5. heavy (with child), pregnant

• grá leatromach m (“unrequited love”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leatromach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “leatromach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “leatromach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

From leatrom (“pregnancy”) +‎ -ach.

• IPA^(key): /ʎɛht̪ɾəməx/

leatromach (genitive singular masculine leatromaich, genitive singular feminine leatromaich, nominative plural leatromach, comparative leatromaiche)

1. burdensome
2. weighty, grievous
3. pregnant

   Synonym: beò-leatromach

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Comparative/superlative: leatromaiche

• mór-leatromach (“far advanced in pregnancy”)

• leatromachd f (“pregnancy; counterweight”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “leatromach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN