Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish lebor, from Latin liber.

Noun edit

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

  1. book
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See leabhair.

Adjective edit

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

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

Etymology 3 edit

See liúr.

Noun edit

leabhar m (genitive singular leabhair, nominative plural leabhair)

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

Verb edit

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

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

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish lebor, from Latin liber.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

leabhar m (genitive singular leabhair, plural leabhraichean)

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

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “leabhar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 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