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Irish
Etymology
leath- (“half”) + uair (“hour”)
Pronunciation
Noun
leathuair f (genitive singular leathuaire, nominative plural leathuaire)
- half-hour
- leathuair tar éis a dó ― half past two
Declension
References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 138
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 343, page 65
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