leithéid
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish leithéit (“the like, equal, equivalent; likeness”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic leithid.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leithéid f (genitive singular leithéide, nominative plural leithéidí)
- the like (of), the equal (of)
- Synonym: diongbháil
- a leithéid de ― the like of, what a…!, that sort of
- agus a leithéid ― and all that, and so on
- Ní bheidh ár leithéidí arís ann. (proverb)
- There will not be the like of us again.
References edit
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 186
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “leithéit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “leiṫéid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 434