leithleach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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As an adjective, apparently a back-formation from leithleachas (“separation”), from a noun *leithleach attested only in the dative in Classical Gaelic ag leithligh, do leithligh and modern Irish ar leithligh (“apart, aside”), from leath (“side”).[2]

Adjective

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leithleach (genitive singular masculine leithligh, genitive singular feminine leithlí, plural leithleacha, comparative leithlí)

  1. selfish, egocentric, egotistical
  2. (law) several (capable of being treated separately)
    i gcomhpháirt agus go leithleach ― jointly and severally
  3. peculiar (not shared or possessed by others)
  4. distinct (different from one another), apart
  5. standoffish

Declension

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Declension of leithleach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative leithleach leithleach leithleacha
Vocative leithligh leithleacha
Genitive leithlí leithleacha leithleach
Dative leithleach leithleach;
leithligh (archaic) 		leithleacha
Comparative níos leithlí
Superlative is leithlí

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ “leithleach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leithlig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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