leabhair

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l̠ʲəurʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lebar, lebair (“long, tall, extensive; supple, pliant, flowing”).

Adjective

leabhair (genitive singular feminine leabhaire or leabhra, plural leabhaire or leabhra, comparative leabhaire or leabhra)

long and slender; lithe, supple, pliant

Declension

Declension of leabhair

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhaire
Vocative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhaire
Genitive	leabhair	leabhaire	leabhaire	leabhair
Dative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhaire
Comparative	níos leabhaire
Superlative	is leabhaire

Declension of leabhair

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhra
Vocative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhra
Genitive	leabhair	leabhra	leabhra	leabhair
Dative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhra
Comparative	níos leabhra
Superlative	is leabhra

Derived terms

géagleabhair (“slender-limbed”)
leabhairchruth (“long slender shape; streamline”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

leabhair m

inflection of leabhar (“book”):
1. vocative/genitive singular
2. nominative/dative plural

Alternative forms

(plural): leabhartha (Connemara)

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 lebar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “leabhair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “leabhair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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