leithéid

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish leithéit (“the like, equal, equivalent; likeness”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic leithid.

Pronunciation

Noun

leithéid f (genitive singular leithéide, nominative plural leithéidí)

  1. 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

  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 15; reprinted 1988
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 186
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 88, page 35

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