liopard

Irish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʲi.pˠəɾˠdˠ/

Noun

liopard m (genitive singular liopaird, nominative plural liopaird)

1. leopard (Panthera pardus)

Declension

Declension of liopard

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative liopard liopaird Vocative a liopaird a lioparda Genitive liopaird liopard Dative liopard liopaird

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

Derived terms

• 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

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