learg

Irish

Alternative forms

• leirg

Etymology

From Old Irish lerg. Cognate with Old Armenian ողորկ (ołork, “smooth”) and լերկ (lerk, “hairless”).

Noun

learg f (genitive singular leirge, nominative plural learga)

1. tract of rising ground; sloping expanse, slope, side
   1. plateau

Declension

Declension of learg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative learg learga Vocative a learg a learga Genitive leirge learg Dative learg leirg (archaic, dialectal) learga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an learg na learga Genitive na leirge na learg Dative leis an learg leis an leirg (archaic, dialectal) don learg don leirg (archaic, dialectal) leis na learga

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “learg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lerg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language