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Leith

Leith

See also: leith and leið

English

Proper noun

Leith

A port town within the City of Edinburgh.
A city/hamlet in North Dakota.

Derived terms

Water of Leith

leith

leith

See also: Leith and leið

Irish

Noun

leith f ‎(genitive singular leithe, nominative plural leitheanna)

flat-fish; fluke, flounder
flat flabby thing

Declension

Declension of leith

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leith	leitheanna
Vocative	a leith	a leitheanna
Genitive	leithe	leitheanna
Dative	leith	leitheanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an leith	na leitheanna
Genitive	na leithe	na leitheanna
Dative	leis an leith don leith	leis na leitheanna

Derived terms

leith bhallánach ‎(“lemon sole”)
leith uisce ‎(“butterwort; fluke (in sheep)”)

Etymology 2

Noun

leith f sg

dative singular of leath

References

"leith" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈl͈ʲeθʲ/

Noun

leith

genitive singular of leth (o-stem declension)
dative singular of leth (s-stem declension)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
leith also lleith after a proclitic	leith pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	leith also lleith after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.