leithscéal

Irish

Alternative forms

  • leathscéal
  • leath-scéal, leath-sceul, leathsgéal, leath-sgéal, leathsgeul, leath-sgeul, leith-scéal, leithsceul, leith-sceul, leithsgéal, leith-sgéal, leithsgeul, leith-sgeul (superseded)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish lethscél.[2] By surface analysis, leath- (“half”) +‎ scéal (“story”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /lʲaˈsˠciːa̯l̪ˠ/[3]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲeʃceːlˠ/[4]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲeʃceːlˠ/ ~ /l̠ʲiʃceːlˠ/[5]

Noun

leithscéal m (genitive singular leithscéil, nominative plural leithscéalta)

  1. excuse (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  2. apology

Declension

Declension of leithscéal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative leithscéal leithscéalta
vocative a leithscéil a leithscéalta
genitive leithscéil leithscéalta
dative leithscéal leithscéalta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an leithscéal na leithscéalta
genitive an leithscéil na leithscéalta
dative leis an leithscéal
don leithscéal 		leis na leithscéalta

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “leithscéal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leithscél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 186
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 90, page 36

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