leabhair
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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 lebar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “leabhair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “leabhair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.