liteartha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish literda (“literary, literal”), from liter f (“letter”).

Adjective

liteartha

1. literary; literate
2. literal

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “literary, literate”): neamhliteartha

Derived terms

• litearthacht f (“literariness; literacy”)

References

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