láir

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See also: lair and làir

Faroese

Noun

láir

  1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of lógv

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish láir.

Noun

láir f (genitive singular lárach, nominative plural láracha)

  1. mare (female horse)
Declension
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

láir m

  1. inflection of lár (ground, floor; middle, center):
    1. genitive/vocative singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlārexs, possibly related to Albanian pelë (mare).[1][2]

Noun

láir f

  1. mare (female horse)

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative láir láirL láiriH
Vocative láir láirL láiriH
Accusative láirN láirL láiriH
Genitive lároH, láraH lároH, láraH láireN
Dative láirL láirib láirib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: láir
  • Manx: laair
  • Scottish Gaelic: làir

References

  1. ^ Stokes, Whitley, Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894) Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 240
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “láir”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

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