Cornish

Noun

leth m

1. milk

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *letos, perhaps cognate with Latin latus ‎(“side”), or from Proto-Celtic *ɸletos.^[1]

Celtic cognates include Welsh lled ‎(“breadth, width, half”), Middle Breton let, led ‎(“large”), and Cornish les.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈ʲeθ/

Noun

leth n ‎(genitive leith or lethe, nominative plural leth or lethe)

1. half
2. direction
3. side

Declension

Especially in meaning "half":

Especially in meaning "side":

Descendants

• Irish: leath
• Manx: lieh
• Scottish Gaelic: leth

Mutation

References

1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*letos”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, pages 238-239

• “leth” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• lēþ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laiþa-, from Proto-Indo-European *aleit-.

Noun

lēth n

1. an evil person or thing

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish leth, from Proto-Celtic *letos, perhaps cognate with Latin latus ‎(“side”), or from Proto-Celtic *ɸletos.^[1]

Celtic cognates include Welsh lled ‎(“breadth, width, half”), Middle Breton let, led ‎(“large”), and Cornish les.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʎeh], /ʎe/

Numeral

leth

1. half

Derived terms

• air leth ‎(“separate/separately”)
• às leth ‎(“on behalf of”)
• gu leth ‎(“and a half”)
• leth mar leth ‎(“half and half”)

Related terms

• leth-

References

1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*letos”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, pages 238-239

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “leth” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.