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leath-

See also: leath

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From leath.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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leath-

  1. lying, turned, to one side; lopsided, tilted
  2. one-sided, partial
  3. half-, hemi-, semi-; half-grown
  4. one of two, of a pair

Usage notes

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  • This affix in Irish is added to nouns and adjectives denoting half. It lenites the word to which it attaches.
    leathchúpla (“twin”), from cúpla (“twins”)
  • It is often used with nouns which normally come in pairs to denote a single object:
    leathbhróg (“a single shoe”) (in contrast to dhá bhróig (“both shoes, a pair of shoes”))
    leathshúil (“a single eye”) (in contrast to an dá shúil (“both [the] eyes, the eyes [of a single person]”))
  • Written with a hyphen when attaching to words in t:
    leath-tháille (“half-price”)

Derived terms

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Irish terms prefixed with leath-

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122

Further reading

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