leath-

• leith- (slender form)

From leath.

leath-

1. 1. lying, turned, to one side; lopsided, tilted
   2. one-sided, partial
2. half-, hemi-, semi-; half-grown
3. one of two, of a pair

• This affix in Irish is added to nouns and adjectives denoting half (sometimes untranslated). It lenites the word to which it attaches.

  leathchúpla (“twin”), from cúpla (“twins”)

• Written with a hyphen when attaching to words in t:

  leath-tháille (“half-price”)

• "leath-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “leath-” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.