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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
leithid
- inflection of leithead:
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish leithéit (“the like, equal, equivalent; likeness”). Cognate with Irish leithéid.
Pronunciation
Noun
leithid f (genitive singular leithide, plural leithidean)
- match, equal, like, peer, equivalent
Cha robh a leithid ann riamh.- His/her like never existed before.
- leithidean a chéile ― the very patterns of each other
- air a leithid de dhòigh ’s gun... ― in such a way that...
- an aghaidh a leithid seo de fhianais ― against this kind of evidence
Usage notes
- Often preceded by a possessive pronoun, a prepositional pronoun, or followed by a noun in the genitive case:
Chan fhaca mi a leithid riamh.- I never saw his like.
Cha do rinn mi dad dha leithid.- I haven’t done anything of the kind (literally "of its like").
- bho leithid Dhòmhnaill MhicDhòmhnaill ― from the likes of Donald MacDonald