labar
Basque
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /labar/ [la.β̞ar]
- Rhymes: -abar, -ar
- Hyphenation: la‧bar
Noun
labar inan
- cliff
- firelighter; small block of flammable substance used to light fires
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | labar | labarra | labarrak | labarrok |
| ergative | labarrek | labarrak | labarrek | labarrok |
| dative | labarri | labarrari | labarrei | labarroi |
| genitive | labarren | labarraren | labarren | labarron |
| comitative | labarrekin | labarrarekin | labarrekin | labarrokin |
| causative | labarrengatik | labarrarengatik | labarrengatik | labarrongatik |
| benefactive | labarrentzat | labarrarentzat | labarrentzat | labarrontzat |
| instrumental | labarrez | labarraz | labarrez | labarrotaz |
| innesive | labarretan | labarrean | labarretan | labarrotan |
| locative | labarretako | labarreko | labarretako | labarrotako |
| allative | labarretara | labarrera | labarretara | labarrotara |
| terminative | labarretaraino | labarreraino | labarretaraino | labarrotaraino |
| directive | labarretarantz | labarrerantz | labarretarantz | labarrotarantz |
| destinative | labarretarako | labarrerako | labarretarako | labarrotarako |
| ablative | labarretatik | labarretik | labarretatik | labarrotatik |
| partitive | labarrik | — | — | — |
| prolative | labartzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “labar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “labar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Latin
Verb
lābar
- first-person singular future active indicative of lābor
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈla.bar/
- Rhymes: -abar
Noun
labar
- plural of labra
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ɸlabaros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈl̪a.βəɾ/
- (Blasse) [ˈl̪a.βaɾ]
- (Griffith) [ˈl̪a.βəɾ]
Adjective
labar
Inflection
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | labar | labar | labar |
| vocative | labair* labar** | ||
| accusative | labar | labair | |
| genitive | labair | laibre | labair |
| dative | labur | labair | labur |
| plural | masculine | feminine/neuter | |
| nominative | labair | labra | |
| vocative | labru labra† | ||
| accusative | labru labra† | ||
| genitive | labar | ||
| dative | labraib | ||
*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
Derived terms
Descendants
- Irish: labhar
- Scottish Gaelic: labhar
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “labar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language