leithead

See also: Leithead

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish leithet,[1] from the same root as lethan (“broad, wide”) (from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitanos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɛhəd̪ˠ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲeːd̪ˠ/

Noun

leithead m (genitive singular leithid, nominative plural leithid)

  1. width, breadth
    leithead boise ― palm’s breath
    ar a leithead ― along its breadth
    dhá leithead an tí seo de bhlúire prátaí ― a potato patch twice the width of this house
    áit a ghabhfadh leithead mo dhá bhonn ― a place wide enough to put my two feet on
    Cuir leithead eile sa ngúna.
    Put another width in the dress.
  2. area, space, of certain width
  3. latitude
  4. piece of cloth of certain width
    Cas leithead éigin aniar ort ón mbáisteach.
    Wrap a width of cloth around you on account of the rain.
  5. (winnowing-)sheet
  6. overweening pride, conceit, importance

Declension

Declension of leithead (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative leithead leithid
vocative a leithid a leitheada
genitive leithid leithead
dative leithead leithid
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an leithead na leithid
genitive an leithid na leithead
dative leis an leithead
don leithead 		leis na leithid

Derived terms

  • ar leithead (“wide, in width”)
  • leithead mór (“broadcloth”)
  • leitheadach (“broad, wide”, adjective)
  • leitheadach (“width of cloth, sheet; winnowing-sheet; broad”, noun)
  • leitheadas (“conceit, arrogance”)

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 leithet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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