leabhair
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish lebar, lebair (“long, tall, extensive; supple, pliant, flowing”).
Adjective[edit]
leabhair (genitive singular feminine leabhaire or leabhra, plural leabhaire or leabhra, comparative leabhaire or leabhra)
Declension[edit]
Declension of leabhair
Declension of leabhair
Derived terms[edit]
- géagleabhair (“slender-limbed”)
- leabhairchruth (“long slender shape; streamline”)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
leabhair m
Alternative forms[edit]
- (plural): leabhartha (Connemara)
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lebar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “leabhair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “leabhair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024