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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish leithéit (“the like, equal, equivalent; likeness”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic leithid.
Pronunciation
Noun
leithéid f (genitive singular leithéide, nominative plural leithéidí)
- the like (of), the equal (of)
- Synonym: diongbháil
- a leithéid de ― the like of, what a…!, that sort of
- agus a leithéid ― and all that, and so on
Ní bheidh ár leithéidí arís ann. (proverb)- There will not be the like of us again.
References
- ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 15; reprinted 1988
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 186
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 88, page 35
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leithéit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leiṫéid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 434