leathar

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish lethar, from Proto-Celtic *letrom (compare Welsh lledr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲahəɾˠ/

Noun

leathar m (genitive singular leathair, nominative plural leathair or leathracha)

leather, piece of leather
strap (strip of thick leather used in flogging)
hide (skin of an animal)

Declension

Declension of leathar (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	leathar	leathair
vocative	a leathair	a leathara
genitive	leathair	leathar
dative	leathar	leathair

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an leathar	na leathair
genitive	an leathair	na leathar
dative	leis an leathar don leathar	leis na leathair

Alternative plural: leathracha

Synonyms

(hide): seithe

Derived terms

bruaintín leathair (“(shoemaker's) leather apron”)
bualadh leathair (“sexual intercourse”)
éadach leathair (“leather cloth”)
eitleog leathair (“bat”)
ialtóg leathair (“bat”)
idir feoil is leathar (“underneath the skin”)
leadhbán leathair (“bat”)
leadhbóg leathair (“bat”)
leathar an chinn (“the scalp”)
leathar bróg (“shoe-leather”)
leathar rásúir (“(razor-)strop”)
leathar stíoróipe (“stirrup-strap”)
leidhbín leathair (“bat”)
mála leathair (“leather bag”)
obair leathair (“leatherwork”)
rópa leathair (“hide rope”)
sciathán leathair (“bat”)
úrleathar (“untanned leather”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leathar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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