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Irish
Etymology
From leithleach + -as.
Noun
leithleachas m (genitive singular leithleachais)
- selfishness, egotism
- particularity, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy
- state of being apart
- standoffishness
Declension
Declension of leithleachas
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leithlechas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leithleachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN