láir
Faroese edit
Noun edit
láir
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
láir f (genitive singular lárach, nominative plural láracha)
- mare (female horse)
Declension edit
Declension of láir
Hypernyms edit
Derived terms edit
- An Láir Bhán f (“the Milky Way”)
- láir asail f (“she-ass”)
- láir bhán f (“badderlocks”)
- láir bhán f (“hobby-horse”) (used by wren-parties)
- láir dhubh f (“treadmill”)
- láir ghraí f (“brood mare”)
- láir mná f (“big well-built woman”)
- láir shearraigh f (“mare in foal”)
- láireog f, láireachán m (“little mare; young mare, filly; well-built girl, woman”)
Derived terms edit
- láireog (“filly”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
láir m
- inflection of lár (“ground, floor; middle, center”):
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “láir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “láir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “láir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “láir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *ɸlārexs, possibly related to Albanian pelë (“mare”).[1][2]
Noun edit
láir f
- mare (female horse)
Inflection edit
Feminine i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | láir | láirL | láiriH |
Vocative | láir | láirL | láiriH |
Accusative | láirN | láirL | láiriH |
Genitive | lároH, láraH | lároH, láraH | láireN |
Dative | láirL | láirib | láirib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Hypernyms edit
Derived terms edit
- láréne (“little horse”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Stokes, Whitley, Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894) Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 240
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “láir”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “láir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language