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leatha

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Irish

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Noun

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leatha f pl

  1. nominative/vocative/dative plural of leath

Verb

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leatha

  1. present subjunctive analytic of leath

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish lee. Cognates include Irish léi and Manx lhee.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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leatha

  1. third-person singular feminine of le: with her; by her
Inflection
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Personal inflection of le
Person: simple emphatic
singular first leam leamsa
second leat leatsa
third m leis leis-san
f leatha leathase
plural first leinn leinne
second leibh leibhse
third leotha leothasan

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʎɛhə/
    • (lenited) IPA(key): /ˈlɛhə/
  • Hyphenation: lea‧tha

Adjective

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leatha

  1. comparative degree of leathann

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • Colin Mark (2003) The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 382