leabhair

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Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /lʲauɾʲ/^[1]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲəuɾʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲoːɾʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lebar, lebair (“slender, lithe”).^[2]

Adjective

leabhair (genitive singular feminine leabhaire or leabhra, plural leabhaire or leabhra, comparative leabhaire or leabhra)

long and slender; lithe, supple, pliant

Declension

Declension of *leabhair*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhaire
vocative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhaire
genitive	leabhair	leabhaire	leabhaire	leabhair
dative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhaire
Comparative	níos leabhaire
Superlative	is leabhaire

Declension of *leabhair*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhra
vocative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhra
genitive	leabhair	leabhra	leabhra	leabhair
dative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhra
Comparative	níos leabhra
Superlative	is leabhra

Derived terms

géagleabhair (“slender-limbed”)
leabhairchruth (“long slender shape; streamline”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “leabhair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“leabhair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

leabhair m

inflection of leabhar (“book”):
1. vocative/genitive singular
2. nominative/dative plural

Alternative forms

(plural): leabhartha (Connemara)

References

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 202, page 102
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lebar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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