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Irish
- léightheoireacht (superseded)[1]
- léaghthóireacht, léghthóirecht, léghthoreacht, léighteóireacht, léighteóracht, léightheoireachd, léightheoireacht, léightheóireacht, léightheoracht, léightheóracht, léighthóireachd, léighthóireacht, léighthóirecht, léighthóracht, leughthórachd, leughthoracht, leugthórachd (obsolete)[2]
Etymology
From Middle Irish légthoracht, légtóracht. By surface analysis, léitheoir (“reader”) + -acht.
Pronunciation
Noun
léitheoireacht f (genitive singular léitheoireachta)
- (act of) reading
Declension
References
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “léiġṫeoireaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 432
- ^ “léitheoireacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34
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