lúfar

See also: lufar

Irish

Alternative forms

• lúthmhar (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish lúthmar, lúthmur. By surface analysis, lúth +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠuːfˠəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠũːhəɾˠ/

Adjective

lúfar (genitive singular masculine lúfair, genitive singular feminine lúfaire, plural lúfara, comparative lúfaire)

1. nimble, agile, athletic, lithe, active

Declension

Declension of lúfar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	lúfar	lúfar	lúfara
Vocative	lúfair		lúfara
Genitive		lúfaire	lúfara	lúfar
Dative	lúfar	lúfar; lúfair (archaic)	lúfara
Comparative	níos lúfaire
Superlative	is lúfaire

Further reading

• “lúfar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúthmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lúṫṁar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 453
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lúfar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN