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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish láthar n (“arrangement, disposition; place, position”) (compare Scottish Gaelic làthair), from Proto-Celtic *ɸlātrom (“flat position”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
láthair f (genitive singular láithreach, nominative plural láithreacha)
- site, spot
- Synonyms: láithreán, suíomh
- area
- Synonyms: áit, ionad
- (sports) arena
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “láthair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “láthar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language