led'thoil

Irish

Phrase

led’thoil

1. Alternative form of le do thoil (“please”)
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:

     « Anois, a mháthair », ar sise, « ó tá m’athair faghta bás agus gur fhág sé mo dhóthain do shaidhbhreas an tsaoghail agam-sa, is maith liom mé féin agus an saidhbhreas san do thabhairt do’n gcaptaen óg led’thoil-se ».

     “Now, mother,” she said, “since my father has died and has left me enough of the world’s wealth, I wish to give myself and that wealth to the young captain please.”