Icelandic

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Noun

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lár

  1. inflection of :
    1. indefinite genitive singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish lár, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlārom (compare Welsh llawr and Breton leur), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-r- (compare Old English flōr), from *pleh₂-.

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Noun

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lár m (genitive singular láir, nominative plural láir)

  1. middle
    Tá muid áit éigin sa lár idir Baile Átha Cliath agus Corcaigh.
    We're somewhere in the middle between Dublin and Corc.
  2. center
    An LárCity Centre (seen on signs in Dublin)
  3. ground, floor
    Synonym: orlár

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *ɸlārom (compare Welsh llawr), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-r- (compare Old English flōr), from *pleh₂-.

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Noun

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lár n

  1. surface, ground, floor
  2. middle, interior

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative lárN lárN lárL, lára
Vocative lárN lárN lárL, lára
Accusative lárN lárN lárL, lára
Genitive láirL lár lárN
Dative lárL láraib láraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
lár
also llár after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
lár
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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