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Laith

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Arabic.
  2. 2
    A surname from Scottish Gaelic
  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. 4
    A female given name transferred from the surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    shed, barn Northern-England, dialectal, rare

    "“What are ye for?” he shouted. “T’ maister’s down i’ t’ fowld. Go round by th’ end o’ t’ laith, if ye went to spake to him.”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lathe, from Old English hladan or Old English hleadan, or from or potentially reinforced by Old Norse hlaða (“barn, storehouse”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaþǭ (“loader”), from *hlaþaną (“to lade, load”). Cognate with Icelandic hlaða (“barn”), Swedish lada (“barn”), Danish lade (“barn”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic لَيْث (layṯ).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic laith.

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