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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English lute, from Middle French lut, from Old French leüt, probably from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, “the wood”).
Pronunciation
Noun
liúit f (genitive singular liúite, nominative plural liúiteanna)
- (music) lute
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “liúit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “lute”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024