leithleach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • leithileach, leithleachasach, leithleachasúil, leithleasach, leithleastach, leithliseach, leithreach, leithreachaiseach, leithreachasach[1]

Etymology

As an adjective, apparently a back-formation from leithleachas (“separation”), from a noun *leithleach attested only in the dative in Classical Gaelic ag leithligh, do leithligh and modern Irish ar leithligh (“apart, aside”), from leath (“side”).[2]

Adjective

leithleach (genitive singular masculine leithligh, genitive singular feminine leithlí, plural leithleacha, comparative leithlí)

  1. selfish, egocentric, egotistical
  2. (law) several (capable of being treated separately)
    i gcomhpháirt agus go leithleach ― jointly and severally
  3. peculiar (not shared or possessed by others)
  4. distinct (different from one another), apart
  5. standoffish

Declension

Declension of leithleach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative leithleach leithleach leithleacha
vocative leithligh leithleacha
genitive leithlí leithleacha leithleach
dative leithleach leithleach;
leithligh (archaic) 		leithleacha
Comparative níos leithlí
Superlative is leithlí

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “leithleach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leithlig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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