leth
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *llaɨθ, borrowed from Latin lac.
Noun edit
leth m
Middle English edit
Noun edit
leth (plural leþes)
- Alternative form of lyth
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Primitive Irish *ᚂᚓᚈᚐᚄ (*letas), from Proto-Celtic *letos, perhaps cognate with Latin latus (“side”), or from Proto-Celtic *ɸletos.[1]
Celtic cognates include Welsh lled (“breadth, width, half”), Middle Breton let, led (“large”), and Cornish les.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leth n (genitive leith or leithe, nominative plural leth or leithe)
- half
- c. 700, Glosses in the Computus Einsidlensis, published in "The early Old Irish material in the newly discovered Computus Einsidlensis (c. AD 700)", Ériu 58 (2008, Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Jacopo Bisagni and Immo Warntjes
- maá triun, laigu leut
- [5/12 is] greater than one third, smaller than one half.
- c. 700, Glosses in the Computus Einsidlensis, published in "The early Old Irish material in the newly discovered Computus Einsidlensis (c. AD 700)", Ériu 58 (2008, Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Jacopo Bisagni and Immo Warntjes
- direction
- side
Declension edit
Especially in meaning "half":
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | lethN | lethN | lethL |
Vocative | lethN | lethN | lethL |
Accusative | lethN | lethN | lethL |
Genitive | leithL | leth | lethN |
Dative | leuthL | lethaib | lethaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
|
Especially in meaning "side":
Neuter s-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | lethN | lethN | leitheL |
Vocative | lethN | lethN | leitheL |
Accusative | lethN | lethN | leitheL |
Genitive | leitheL | leithe | leitheN |
Dative | leithL | leithib | leithib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
|
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
leth also lleth after a proclitic |
leth pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*letos”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 238-239
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “leth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Saxon edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *laiþaz.
Noun edit
lēth n
- an evil person or thing
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | lēth | lēth |
accusative | lēth | lēth |
genitive | lēthes | lēthō |
dative | lēthe | lēthun |
instrumental | — | — |
Descendants edit
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish leth, from Proto-Celtic *letos, perhaps cognate with Latin latus (“side”), or from Proto-Celtic *ɸletos.[1]
Celtic cognates include Welsh lled (“breadth, width, half”), Middle Breton let, led (“large”), and Cornish les.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
leth
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*letos”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 238-239
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “leth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “leth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English leten, from Old English lǣtan, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
leth
- let
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Leth it be; Leth aam.
- Let it be; Let them.
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 53