liosta

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See also: líosta

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪsˠt̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

From English list, from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ, and/or Old French liste (“border, band; strip of paper”), itself from the Germanic word.

Noun

liosta m (genitive singular liosta, nominative plural liostaí)

  1. list (register or roll of paper; codified representation of a list)
Declension
Declension of liosta (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative liosta liostaí
vocative a liosta a liostaí
genitive liosta liostaí
dative liosta liostaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an liosta na liostaí
genitive an liosta na liostaí
dative leis an liosta
don liosta 		leis na liostaí
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English list.

Noun

liosta m (genitive singular liosta)

  1. (nautical) list
Declension
Declension of liosta (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative liosta
vocative a liosta
genitive liosta
dative liosta
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an liosta
genitive an liosta
dative leis an liosta
don liosta

Etymology 3

From Old Irish lista (“tedious, wearisome; persistent, tenacious”).

Adjective

liosta

  1. slow, tedious
  2. irksome, tiresome
  3. persistent, importunate
Declension
Declension of liosta
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative liosta liosta liosta
vocative liosta liosta
genitive liosta liosta liosta
dative liosta liosta liosta
Comparative níos liosta
Superlative is liosta
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • liostachán m (“tiresome, importunate, person”)
  • liostachas m (“listlessness, languidness; lingering illness”)
  • liostacht f (“tediousness, tiresomeness; persistence, importunity”)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

liosta m sg

  1. genitive singular of liost (“teasel”)

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From English list, from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ, and/or Old French liste (“border, band; strip of paper”), itself from the Germanic word.

Noun

liosta f (genitive singular liosta, plural liostaichean)

  1. list (of items)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish lista (“tedious, wearisome; persistent, tenacious”).

Adjective

liosta

  1. boring, tedious, prolix
    Synonyms: fadalach, màirnealach, sàraichte
  2. importunate
Alternative forms
  • mì-liosta (“unimportunate, unsolicitous, unobtrusive”, adjective)

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “liosta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lista”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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