TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
léithe1. 1. f. (gs. ~). Greyness; hoariness, dullness; aging whiteness. Ag dul i ~, growing grey; getting old and grey. 2. Mouldiness. 3 : liath2. 4 : liath1 2(c).
léithe2 = léi : le1.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí ~ na léithe air, he was (ashen) grey in the face.
I leith na léithe, tending to grey, greyish.
Ní raibh ~ na léithe agam, I had nothing at all.