leabhar

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lebor, from Latin liber.

Noun

leabhar m (genitive singular leabhair, nominative plural leabhair or leabhartha)

  1. book
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See leabhair.

Adjective

leabhar (genitive singular masculine leabhair, genitive singular feminine leabhaire, comparative leabhaire)

  1. Alternative form of leabhair (long and slender; lithe, supple, pliant)
Declension

Etymology 3

See liúr.

Noun

leabhar m (genitive singular leabhair, nominative plural leabhair)

  1. Alternative form of liúr (long rod, staff, pole; stroke, blow)
Declension

Verb

leabhar (present analytic leabhraíonn, future analytic leabhróidh, verbal noun leabhart, past participle leabhartha)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of liúr (beat, trounce)
Conjugation

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lebor, from Latin liber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʎo.əɾ/

Noun

leabhar m (genitive singular leabhair, plural leabhraichean)

  1. book, volume
    Seo an leabhar leamsa.This is my book.

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “leabhar”, 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), “lebor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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