láir

See also: lair and làir

Faroese

Noun

láir

  1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of lógv

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [l̪ˠɑːɾʲ]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish láir.

Noun

láir f (genitive singular lárach, nominative plural láracha)

  1. mare (female horse)
Declension
Declension of láir (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative láir láracha
vocative a láir a láracha
genitive lárach láracha
dative láir láracha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an láir na láracha
genitive na lárach na láracha
dative leis an láir
don láir 		leis na láracha
Hypernyms
Derived terms
  • An Láir Bhán f (“the Milky Way”)
  • láir asail f (“she-ass”)
  • láir bhán f (“badderlocks”)
  • láir bhán f (“hobby-horse”) (used by wren-parties)
  • láir dhubh f (“treadmill”)
  • láir ghraí f (“brood mare”)
  • láir mná f (“big well-built woman”)
  • láir shearraigh f (“mare in foal”)
  • láireog f, láireachán m (“little mare; young mare, filly; well-built girl, woman”)
Derived terms
  • láireog (“filly”)

Etymology 2

Noun

láir m

  1. inflection of lár (“ground, floor; middle, center”):
    1. genitive/vocative singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlārexs, possibly related to Albanian pelë (“mare”).[1][2]

Noun

láir f

  1. mare (female horse)

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative láir láirL láiriH
vocative láir láirL láiriH
accusative láirN láirL láiriH
genitive lároH, láraH lároH, láraH láireN
dative láirL láirib láirib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Hypernyms

Derived terms

  • láréne (“little horse”)

Descendants

  • Irish: láir
  • Manx: laair
  • Scottish Gaelic: làir

References

  1. ^ Stokes, Whitley, Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894) Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 240
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “láir”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

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