léitheoireacht

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish légthoracht, légtóracht. By surface analysis, léitheoir (reader) +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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léitheoireacht f (genitive singular léitheoireachta)

  1. (act of) reading

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “léiġṫeoireaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 432
  2. ^ léitheoireacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34

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