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Irish
Etymology
From older luaithreadh (from Old Irish lúaithred[2]) + -ach.
Noun
luaithreach m (genitive singular luaithrigh)
- ashes
- déan luaithreach de ― to reduce to ashes
- dust
Declension
Derived terms
Adjective
luaithreach (genitive singular masculine luaithrigh, genitive singular feminine luaithrí, plural luaithreacha, comparative luaithrí)
- Synonym of luaithriúil (“ashen”)
Declension
References
- ^ “luaithreach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúaithred”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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