léir
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish léir, from Proto-Celtic *lēris.
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
léir (genitive singular feminine léire, plural léire, comparative léire)
Declension edit
Declension of léir
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
léir
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected form of léigh.
Alternative forms edit
- léighir (obsolete)
Verb edit
léir
- (Munster, otherwise archaic) second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of léigh
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *lēris (“diligent, assiduous”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
léir
- 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 edit
i-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 edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
léir also lléir after a proclitic |
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 edit
Adjective edit
léir