go leith
Appearance
See also: goleiþ
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish co leth, from co (“with”) and leth (“side; half”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ɡəˈl̠ʲɛ/
Adverb
[edit]- and a half
- bliain go leith ― a year and a half
- trí huaire go leith ― three and a half hours
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language