leathar

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲahəɾˠ/

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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative leathar leathair
Vocative a leathair a leathara
Genitive leathair leathar
Dative leathar leathair

Forms with the definite article:

Case 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”)

Further reading
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