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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish lúachair.
Noun
luachair f (genitive singular luachra)
- (botany) rushes
- rushy place, rushland
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Etymology 2
Adjective
luachair (genitive singular masculine luachair, genitive singular feminine luachra, plural luachra, comparative luachra)
- Alternative form of luchair (“bright, glittering, resplendent”)
Declension
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luachair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “luachair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “luachair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lúachair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish lúachair.
Noun
luachair f (genitive singular luachrach, no plural)
- rushes
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