liairne

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

liairne m (genitive singular liairne, nominative plural liairní)

  1. loafer (lazy, slothful person)

Declension

Declension of liairne (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative liairne liairní
vocative a liairne a liairní
genitive liairne liairní
dative liairne liairní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an liairne na liairní
genitive an liairne na liairní
dative leis an liairne
don liairne
leis na liairní

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ liairne”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102

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