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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish léir, from Proto-Celtic *lēris.
Adjective
léir (genitive singular feminine léire, plural léire, comparative léire)
- clear
- distinct
- clever
- explicit
- evident
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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Nominative
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léir
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léir
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léire
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Vocative
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léir
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léire
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Genitive
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léire
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léire
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léir
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Dative
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léir
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léir
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léire
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Comparative
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níos léire
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Superlative
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is léire
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Derived terms
Adjective
léir
- inflection of léar:
- vocative/genitive singular masculine
- (archaic) dative singular feminine
Etymology 2
Inflected form of léigh.
Verb
léir
- (Munster, otherwise archaic) second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of léigh
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *lēris (“diligent, assiduous”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
léir
- assiduous, earnest, careful, zealous
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 14d3
cid écen aisndís do neuch as doruid co léir, ní sechmalfaider cuimre and dano- though it is necessary to explain carefully anything that is difficult, however brevity will not be passed by
- (later) visible, perceptible
Declension
i-stem
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Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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léir
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léir
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léir
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Vocative
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léir
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Accusative
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léir
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léir
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Genitive
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léir
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léire
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léir
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Dative
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léir
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léir
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léir
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Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine/neuter
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Nominative
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léiri
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léiri
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Vocative
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léiri
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Accusative
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léiri
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Genitive
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léir* léire
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Dative
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léirib
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Notes
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*not when substantivized
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Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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léir also lléir after a proclitic ending in a vowel
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léir pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Scottish Gaelic
Adjective
léir
- Superseded spelling of lèir.