lonradh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish laindred.[3]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠãũn̪ˠɾˠə/, /ˈlũːn̪ˠɾˠə/[4]

Noun

lonradh m (genitive singular lonraidh)

  1. resplendence, radiance, brightness
    lonradh scéimheradiant beauty (literally, “the radiance of beauty”)
  2. (functioning as a verbal noun) shining, gleaming

Declension

References

  1. Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lonnraḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 445
  2. lonradh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lainnred”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86

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