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Icelandic
Noun
litir
- indefinite nominative plural of litur
Verb
litir
- second-person singular present subjunctive of lita
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera.
Pronunciation
Noun
litir f (genitive singular litreach or litre, nominative plural litreacha)
- letter (of the alphabet)
- letter (missive, epistle)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “litir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “liter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 43
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
lìtir m
- (non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of lìt
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera.
Pronunciation
Noun
litir f (genitive singular litreach, plural litrichean)
- letter (epistle; character)
Derived terms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “litir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “liter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
litir (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆᜒᜇ᜔) (Rizal, informal)
- Alternative form of litid