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EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
leathchéad, m. (gs. -éid, pl. ~ta). 1. (a) Half-hundred, fifty; half-century. ~ duine, fifty persons. ~ bliain, fifty years. Ag tarraingt ar an ~, approaching the half-century. (b) Half of great hundred, sixty. ~ ubh, éisc, half-hundred of eggs, of fish. 2. (a) Half-hundredweight. ~ salainn, guail, half-hundredweight of salt, of coal. (b)Sp: 56-lb. weight. 3. ~ (talún), one-sixteenth of an Irish acre (of land).
PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chuir sé an meáchan leathchéad troigh, he put the shot fifty feet.
Bhí sé ag ~áil leathchéad míle san uair, he was doing fifty miles an hour.
Tá an leathchéad sáraithe aige, he has passed the fifty(-year) mark.
Ag dul leathchéad míle san uair, going fifty miles an hour.
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