leth

sm ind Half. 2 Side, share, interest, charge. 4 One of a pair. Leth mar leth, share and share alike; chaidh e ás mo leth, he sided with me, took my part; chuir iad sin ás a leth, they laid that to his charge; air leth, apart, separately; largely compounded with names of weights and measures, as, leth-phunnd, half a pound; leth-chlach, half a stone; leth-unnsa, half an ounce; &c. gu leth signifies “one half more” of any specified measure, as, troigh gu leth, a foot and a half; mìle gu leth, a mile and a half; leth slighe, half-way, midway, half the voyage; an leth as motha, the majority, bulk, greater part; leth an t-Samhraidh, midsummer; là leth an t-samhraidh, Midsummer Day; leth a' Gheamhraidh, midwinter; fa leth, severally, individually; á leth, ás leth, on behalf of, for the sake of; cuir ás a leth, lay to his charge; tha mi 'leth los, I have half a mind; leth ri (see below).

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