litir

See also: lítir

Icelandic

Noun

litir

indefinite nominative plural of litur

Verb

litir

second-person singular present subjunctive of lita

Irish

Alternative forms

leitir (Cois Fharraige, Kerry)

Etymology

From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈlʲɪtʲəɾʲ/^[2]
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪtʲəɾʲ/^[3]

Noun

litir f (genitive singular litreach or litre, nominative plural litreacha)

letter (symbol in an alphabet)
letter (written communication)

Declension

Declension of litir (fifth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	litir	litreacha
vocative	a litir	a litreacha
genitive	litreach	litreacha
dative	litir litrigh (archaic, dialectal)	litreacha

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an litir	na litreacha
genitive	na litreach	na litreacha
dative	leis an litir leis an litrigh (archaic, dialectal) don litir don litrigh (archaic, dialectal)	leis na litreacha

Derived terms

bloclitir f (“block letter”)
ceannlitir f (“capital letter”)
códlitir f (“code letter”)
délitir f (“digraph”)
fuarlitir an dlí f (“letter of the law”)
imlitir f (“circular”)
litirchárta m (“letter-card”)
litirmheá f (“letter-scales”)
litirphreas m (“letterpress”)
litreoireacht f (“lettering”)
litrigh (“spell”, verb)
litriúil (“literal”)
nasclitir f (“ligature”)
tréadlitir f (“pastoral”)
túslitir f (“initial”)

Related terms

liteartha (“literary; literal”)
litearthacht f (“literariness; literacy”)
litrí m (“man of letters”)
litritheoir m (“speller”)
litriú m (“spelling, orthography”)

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “liter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 80, page 43
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 222, page 83

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lìtir m

(non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of lìt

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish liter,^[1] from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

(Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈʎiʰtʲɪɾ/^[2]
(Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈʎihtʃɪɾʲ/^[3]
(Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈʎiçtʲɪɾʲ/^[4]
(Tiree) IPA^(key): ^[5]

Noun

litir f (genitive singular litreach, plural litrichean)

letter (epistle; character)

Derived terms

bogsa-litrichean (“letter box”)
dearbhair-litreachaidh (“spell checker”)
litearra (“literate”)
litearrachd (“literacy”)
litir-leannanachd (“love letter”)
litreachadh (“spelling”)
litreachas (“literature”)
litrich (“spell”, verb)
toll-litrichean (“mail slot”)

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “liter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ 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
^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (2008) “'Bochanan modhail foghlaimte': Tiree Gaelic, lexicology and Glasgow's historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic”, in Scottish Gaelic Studies, volume 24, Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISSN, pages 473-523

Tagalog

Pronunciation

(Rizal) IPA^(key): /ˈlitiɾ/
Rhymes: -itiɾ
Syllabification: li‧tir

Noun

litir (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆᜒᜇ᜔) (Rizal, informal)

Alternative form of litid

[1] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “liter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[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, § 80, page 43

[3] Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 222, page 83

[4] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “liter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[5] 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

[6] John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

[7] Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

[8] Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (2008) “'Bochanan modhail foghlaimte': Tiree Gaelic, lexicology and Glasgow's historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic”, in Scottish Gaelic Studies, volume 24, Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISSN, pages 473-523

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litir

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