leathach
Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]leathach (genitive singular masculine leathaigh, genitive singular feminine leathaí, plural leathacha, not comparable)
- divided in half, divided in two
- equinoctial
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | leathach | leathach | leathacha; leathacha2 | |
| vocative | leathaigh | leathacha | ||
| genitive | leathaí | leathacha | leathach | |
| dative | leathach; leathach1 |
leathach; leathaigh (archaic) |
leathacha; leathacha2 | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Further reading
[edit]- “leathach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lethach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leaṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 428
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]leathach m (genitive singular leathaigh)
Declension
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Alternative forms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “leathach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lethach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leaṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 428
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34
