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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish láthar (compare Irish láthair).
Pronunciation
Noun
làthair f (genitive singular làthaire)
- presence, existence, company, sight
- Na tig an làthair. ― Do not present yourself.
- a-mach as mo làthair! ― out of my presence!
- an làthair a chéile ― in the presence of each other
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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “làthair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “láthar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language