leata
Irish
Noun
leata m sg
- genitive singular of leathadh (“spreading, spread; diffusion, scattering, broadcasting; opening out; dilation, expansion”)
Verb
leata
- past participle of leath (“disperse, spread, cover; open wide, expand; become confused, indistinct; perish; halve, divide, split (in half); diminish”)
Derived terms
- leatacht f (“spreading, expansion, distribution”)
- súil-leata (“wide-eyed; saucer-eyed”, adjective)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “leata”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “leata”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024