/lʲah/, /lʲax/, /l̠ʲa(h)/
BunúsFrom Old Irish leth (“side”), from Proto-Celtic *letos, perhaps cognate with Latin latus (“side”), or from Proto-Celtic *ɸletos.
Celtic cognates include Welsh lled (“breadth, width, half”), Middle Breton let, led (“large”), and Cornish les.
- feminineside; part, direction
- femininehalf; part, portion
“Is fearr leath ná meath.” — Something is better than nothing.
- ambitransitiveto disperse, spread, cover
- ambitransitiveto open wide, expand, (medicine) dilate
- ambitransitiveto become confused, indistinct
- ambitransitiveto perish
- ambitransitive, literaryto halve, divide, split (in half); diminish
Foirmeachaleithe(genitive, singular) · leatha(nominative, plural) · leath(indefinite, nominative, singular) · leatha(indefinite, nominative, plural) · a leath(indefinite, singular, vocative) · a leatha(indefinite, plural, vocative) · leithe(genitive, indefinite, singular) · leath(genitive, indefinite, plural) · leath(dative, indefinite, singular) · leith(dative, in-certain-phrases, indefinite, singular) · leatha(dative, indefinite, plural) · an leath(definite, nominative, singular) · na leatha(definite, nominative, plural) · na leithe(definite, genitive, singular) · na leath(definite, genitive, plural) · leis an leath(dative, definite, singular) · don leath(dative, definite, singular) · leis na leatha(dative, definite, plural) · leathann(analytic, present) · leathfaidh(analytic, future)
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