léir
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish léir, from Proto-Celtic *lēris.
Alternative forms
editAdjective
editléir (genitive singular feminine léire, plural léire, comparative léire)
Declension
editDeclension of léir
Derived terms
editAdjective
editléir
Etymology 2
editInflected form of léigh.
Alternative forms
edit- léighir (obsolete)
Verb
editléir
- (Munster, otherwise archaic) second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of léigh
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *lēris (“diligent, assiduous”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editléir
- assiduous, earnest, careful, zealous
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 14d3
- cid écen aisndís do neuch as doruid co léir, ní sechmalfaider cuimre and dano
- though it is necessary to explain carefully anything that is difficult, however brevity will not be passed by
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 14d3
- (later) visible, perceptible
Declension
editi-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | léir | léir | léir |
Vocative | léir | ||
Accusative | léir | léir | |
Genitive | léir | léire | léir |
Dative | léir | léir | léir |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | léiri | léiri | |
Vocative | léiri | ||
Accusative | léiri | ||
Genitive | léir* léire | ||
Dative | léirib | ||
Notes | *not when substantivized |
Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
léir also lléir after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
léir pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic
editAdjective
editléir
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