leathchuma

Irish

Alternative forms

  • leath-chuma, leathchumaidh, leath-chumaidh[1]

Etymology

The forms leathchuma and leathchumaidh are equally old, making it unclear whether the compound was originally thought of as leath- (“one-sided, partial”) +‎ cuma (“shape, form”) or leath- +‎ cumaidh (“companionship”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

leathchuma f (genitive singular leathchuma)

  1. partiality
  2. injustice, unfairness

References

  1. ^ “leathchuma”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 275, page 136

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