leathar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish lethar, from Proto-Celtic *letrom (compare Welsh lledr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲahəɾˠ/

Noun

leathar m (genitive singular leathair, nominative plural leathair or leathracha)

1. leather, piece of leather
2. strap (strip of thick leather used in flogging)
3. hide (skin of an animal)

Declension

Declension of leathar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative leathar leathair Vocative a leathair a leathara Genitive leathair leathar Dative leathar leathair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an leathar na leathair Genitive an leathair na leathar Dative leis an leathar don leathar leis na leathair

• Alternative plural: leathracha

Synonyms

• (hide): seithe

Derived terms

• bruaintín leathair (“(shoemaker's) leather apron”)
• bualadh leathair (“sexual intercourse”)
• éadach leathair (“leather cloth”)
• eitleog leathair (“bat”)
• ialtóg leathair (“bat”)
• idir feoil is leathar (“underneath the skin”)
• leadhbán leathair (“bat”)
• leadhbóg leathair (“bat”)
• leathar an chinn (“the scalp”)
• leathar bróg (“shoe-leather”)
• leathar rásúir (“(razor-)strop”)
• leathar stíoróipe (“stirrup-strap”)
• leidhbín leathair (“bat”)
• mála leathair (“leather bag”)
• obair leathair (“leatherwork”)
• rópa leathair (“hide rope”)
• sciathán leathair (“bat”)
• úrleathar (“untanned leather”)

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leathar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN