leata
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Irish[edit]
Noun[edit]
leata m sg
- genitive singular of leathadh (“spreading, spread; diffusion, scattering, broadcasting; opening out; dilation, expansion”)
Verb[edit]
leata
- past participle of leath (“disperse, spread, cover; open wide, expand; become confused, indistinct; perish; halve, divide, split (in half); diminish”)
Derived terms[edit]
- leatacht f (“spreading, expansion, distribution”)
- leatóir m (“spreader”)
- súil-leata (“wide-eyed; saucer-eyed”, adjective)
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “leata” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “leata” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.