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Irish
Adverb
leath bealaigh
- halfway
- Synonym: leath slí
1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:Bhí plainc trasna ar an pholl ⁊ bhí mada mór milteach dubh, ar a robh slabhra iarainn ceangailte, leath-bhealaigh ar an phlainc.- There was a plank across the pool, and a large, fierce black dog, to which a chain was fastened, halfway on the plank.
Further reading
- “leath bealaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- “leath bhealaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN