luachair
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Irish lúachair.
Noun
editluachair f (genitive singular luachra)
Declension
editDeclension of luachair
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- gabhal-luachair (“jointed, forked, rushes”)
- luachrach (“abounding in rushes, rushy”, adjective)
- luachrach (“rushes; rushy place”)
- Sliabh Luachra
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editluachair (genitive singular masculine luachair, genitive singular feminine luachra, plural luachra, comparative luachra)
- Alternative form of luchair (“bright, glittering, resplendent”)
Declension
editDeclension of luachair
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luachair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “luachair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “luachair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lúachair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish lúachair.
Noun
editluachair f (genitive singular luachrach, no plural)
Derived terms
edit- dearc-luachrach (“lizard”)
- luachair-bhog (“bullrushes”)
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lúachair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- ga:Plants
- Irish third-declension nouns
- Irish adjectives
- ga:Rushes
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns