leathar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish lethar, from Proto-Celtic *letrom (compare Welsh lledr).

Pronunciation

Noun

leathar m (genitive singular leathair, nominative plural leathair or leathracha)

  1. leather, piece of leather
  2. strap (strip of thick leather used in flogging)
  3. hide (skin of an animal)

Declension

Declension of leathar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative leathar leathair
vocative a leathair a leathara
genitive leathair leathar
dative leathar leathair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an leathar na leathair
genitive an leathair na leathar
dative leis an leathar
don leathar 		leis na leathair

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • bruaintín leathair (“(shoemaker's) leather apron”)
  • bualadh leathair (“sexual intercourse”)
  • éadach leathair (“leather cloth”)
  • eitleog leathair (“bat”)
  • ialtóg leathair (“bat”)
  • idir feoil is leathar (“underneath the skin”)
  • leadhbán leathair (“bat”)
  • leadhbóg leathair (“bat”)
  • leathar an chinn (“the scalp”)
  • leathar bróg (“shoe-leather”)
  • leathar rásúir (“(razor-)strop”)
  • leathar stíoróipe (“stirrup-strap”)
  • leidhbín leathair (“bat”)
  • mála leathair (“leather bag”)
  • obair leathair (“leatherwork”)
  • rópa leathair (“hide rope”)
  • sciathán leathair (“bat”)
  • úrleathar (“untanned leather”)

References

  1. ^ Dillon, Myles; Donncha Ó Cróinín (1961), Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, England: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 231
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 184
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977), Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 353
  4. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974), A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 194

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “leaṫar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 648; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leathar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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