leth

== Cornish == === Etymology === From Middle Cornish laez, from Old Cornish lait, from Proto-Brythonic *llaɨθ, borrowed from Latin lac. Cognate with Breton laezh and Welsh llaeth. === Noun === leth m (plural lethow) milk ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Noun === leth (leþes) alternative form of lyth == Old Dutch == === Alternative forms === leith === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *laiþ, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz. === Adjective === lēth unpleasant, loathsome ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: lêet, leit Dutch: leed ==== References ==== “lēth”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Primitive Irish *ᚂᚓᚈᚐᚄ (*letas), from Proto-Celtic *letos, perhaps cognate with Latin latus (“side”), or from Proto-Celtic *ɸletos. Celtic cognates include Welsh lled (“breadth, width, half”), Middle Breton let, led (“large”), and Cornish les. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲeθ/ === Noun === leth n (genitive leith or leithe, nominative plural leth or leithe) half c. 700, Glosses in the Computus Einsidlensis, published in "The early Old Irish material in the newly discovered Computus Einsidlensis (c. AD 700)", Ériu 58 (2008, Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Jacopo Bisagni and Immo Warntjes direction side ==== Declension ==== Especially in meaning "half": Especially in meaning "side": ==== Descendants ==== Irish: leath Manx: lieh Scottish Gaelic: leth === Mutation === === References === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Old Saxon == === Alternative forms === lēþ === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *laiþ. === Noun === lēth n an evil person or thing ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: lêt, leit Low German: Westphalian: Münsterländisch: leed Westmünsterländisch: leed == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish leth, from Proto-Celtic *letos, perhaps cognate with Latin latus (“side”), or from Proto-Celtic *ɸletos. Celtic cognates include Welsh lled (“breadth, width, half”), Middle Breton let, led (“large”), and Cornish les. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʎe(h)/ === Numeral === leth half ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== leth- === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “leth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English leten, from Old English lǣtan, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɛt̪/ === Verb === leth let === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 53