labhairt

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish labairt, verbal noun of labraithir.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠauɾʲtʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠoːɾˠtʲ/

Noun

labhairt f (genitive singular labhartha)

verbal noun of labhair
speaking
speech
call

Declension

Declension of labhairt

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	labhairt
Vocative	a labhairt
Genitive	labhartha
Dative	labhairt

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an labhairt
Genitive	na labhartha
Dative	leis an labhairt don labhairt

Derived terms

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “labhairt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 41

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