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Irish
Etymology
leath- + céad
Pronunciation
Noun
leathchéad m (genitive singular leathchéid, nominative plural leathchéadta)
- half-hundred, fifty
- half a long hundred, sixty
- half-century
- half-hundredweight, firkin (of butter)
- one sixteenth of an Irish acre (490 square yards or 409.7 m²)
Declension
References
- “fifty”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025, retrieved 21 May 2024
- “leathchéad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025, retrieved 21 May 2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fifty”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, retrieved 21 May 2024
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leiṫ-ċéad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 434
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leathchéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN, retrieved 21 May 2024
- Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “leathchéad”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm, retrieved 21 May 2024