leithéid
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish leithéit (“the like, equal, equivalent; likeness”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic leithid.
Pronunciation
- (Galway) IPA(key): /l̠ʲeːdʲ/[1]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɛhədʲ/[2]
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 leithéid arís ann. (proverb)
- There will not be the like of us again.
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “leithéit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “leiṫéid” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 434.
References
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 186.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35