Laith
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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.”"
- 1 A male given name from Arabic.
- 2 A surname from Scottish Gaelic
- 3 A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 4 A female given name transferred from the surname.
Example
More examples"“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
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”).
Borrowed from Arabic لَيْث (layṯ).
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic laith.
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