leabhar

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lebor, from Latin liber.[3]

Noun

leabhar m (genitive singular leabhair, nominative plural leabhair or leabhartha)

  1. book
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See leabhair.

Adjective

leabhar (genitive singular masculine leabhair, genitive singular feminine leabhaire, comparative leabhaire)

  1. Alternative form of leabhair (long and slender; lithe, supple, pliant)
Declension

Etymology 3

See liúr.

Noun

leabhar m (genitive singular leabhair, nominative plural leabhair)

  1. Alternative form of liúr (long rod, staff, pole; stroke, blow)
Declension

Verb

leabhar (present analytic leabhraíonn, future analytic leabhróidh, verbal noun leabhart, past participle leabhartha)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of liúr (beat, trounce)
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 202, page 102
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 222, page 83
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lebor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lebor,[1] from Latin liber.

Pronunciation

Noun

leabhar m (genitive singular leabhair, plural leabhraichean)

  1. book, volume
    Seo an leabhar leamsa.This is my book.

Declension

  • Alternative vocative: leabhra (only in fossilised phrases)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lebor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “leabhar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN