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Bernard Brady
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| Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 12:27 am: |
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"Tar i leith anseo chagam a gharsun"arsa bean an chaptein. What is the meaning of leith in this sentence from a book I'm reading? |
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 962 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 07:14 am: |
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Liath is grey "Tár i leith anseo" means "come over here"
Is foirm de leath atá i leith. leath [ainmfhocal baininscneach den dara díochlaonadh] (leith in abairtí áirithe) cuid den iomlán atá cothrom leis an gcuid eile (déan dhá leath de, leath slí); cuid, roinn (déan trí leath de); taobh, cliathán; treo (an leath tosaigh). |
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Kay
Member Username: Kay
Post Number: 30 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 11:18 am: |
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Further to what Aonghus has said, you have to look at the phrase as a whole. - i leith means towards, in the direction of. There is another phrase - ag dul i leith na haoise, this means getting old. In fact there is a whole series of phrases dealing with leith. Its really worth getting a copy of Foclóir Gaeilge Béarla by Niall Ó Donaill to find these out. As I have said before every home should have one. |
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