láir

See also: lair and làir

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɔajɪr]

Noun

láir

  1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of lógv

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish láir.[4]

Noun

láir f (genitive singular lárach, nominative plural láracha)

  1. mare (female horse)
Declension
Declension of láir (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative láir láracha
vocative a láir a láracha
genitive lárach láracha
dative láir láracha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an láir na láracha
genitive na lárach na láracha
dative leis an láir
don láir 		leis na láracha
Hypernyms
Derived terms
  • An Láir Bhán f (“the Milky Way”)
  • láir asail f (“she-ass”)
  • láir bhán f (“badderlocks”)
  • Láir Bhán
  • láir bhán f (“hobby-horse (used by wren-parties)”)
  • láir dhubh f (“treadmill”)
  • láir ghraí f (“brood mare”)
  • láir mná f (“big well-built woman”)
  • láir shearraigh f (“mare in foal”)
  • láireachán m, láireog f (“filly”)

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “láir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 625; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “láir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “láir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “láir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Etymology 2

Noun

láir m

  1. inflection of lár (“ground, floor; middle, center”):
    1. genitive/vocative singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 15, page 17
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 180
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 510, page 187
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “láir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlārexs, possibly related to Albanian pelë (“mare”).[1][2]

Noun

láir f

  1. mare (female horse)

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative láir láirL láiriH
vocative láir láirL láiriH
accusative láirN láirL láiriH
genitive lároH, láraH lároH, láraH láireN
dative láirL láirib láirib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Hypernyms

Derived terms

  • láréne (“little horse”)

Descendants

  • Irish: láir
  • Manx: laair
  • Scottish Gaelic: làir

References

  1. ^ Stokes, Whitley; Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894), Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 240
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “láir”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

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