liopard
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish lipard, borrowed from Middle English lipard, from Old French leopard (“leopard”), from Late Latin leopardus (“leopon, lipard”) from late Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos, “leopon, lipard”), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πάρδος (párdos, “pard, male leopard”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
liopard m (genitive singular liopaird, nominative plural liopaird)
Declension edit
Declension of liopard
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- liopard fiaigh m (“cheetah”)
- liopard marmarach m (“clouded leopard”)
- liopard sneachta m (“snow leopard”)
- liopardchat m (“leopard-cat”)
- rón liopaird m (“leopard seal”)
- siorc liopaird m (“leopard shark”)
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “liopard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lipard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language