leatas

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lactūca (“lettuce”), from lac (“milk”), because of the milky fluid in its stalks. Cognate with English lettuce.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

leatas m (genitive singular leatais, plural leatasan)

  1. lettuce

Synonyms[edit]

càl amh

References[edit]

“leatas” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.

Cameron, J. (1883). Lactuca sativa, in Gaelic names of plants (Scottish and Irish). United Kingdom: (n.p.), p. 36

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