leithscéal
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish leithscél, corresponding to leath- (“half”) + scéal (“story”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]leithscéal m (genitive singular leithscéil, nominative plural leithscéalta)
Declension
[edit]Declension of leithscéal
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- gabh mo leithscéal, gabhaigí mo leithscéal (“excuse me, I beg your pardon”)
- leithscéalach (“fond of excuses; apologetic”)
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (say)
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms prefixed with leath-
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns