leatha

Irish

Noun

leatha f pl

  1. nominative/vocative/dative plural of leath

Verb

leatha

  1. present subjunctive analytic of leath

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish lee. Cognates include Irish léi and Manx lhee.

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    leatha

    1. third-person singular feminine of le: with her; by her
    Inflection
    Personal inflection of le
    Person: simple emphatic
    singular first leam leamsa
    second leat leatsa
    third m leis leis-san
    f leatha leathase
    plural first leinn leinne
    second leibh leibhse
    third leotha leothasan

    Etymology 2

      From Old Irish letha (comparative of lethan (“wide”)), from Proto-Celtic *ɸlet-(a)is, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-is.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈʎɛhə/
        • (lenited) IPA(key): /ˈlɛhə/
      • Hyphenation: lea‧tha

      Adjective

      leatha

      1. comparative degree of leathann

      References

      1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 106
      2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 191
      3. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
      4. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
      5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 53
      6. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
      7. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
      8. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
      9. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 182

      Further reading

      • Mark, Colin (2003), The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 382
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