láthair

From Old Irish láthar n (“arrangement, disposition; place, position”) (compare Scottish Gaelic làthair), from Proto-Celtic *ɸlātrom (“flat position”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).

• (Munster, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑːhəɾʲ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠahæɾʲ/^[1] (as if spelled látháir)

láthair f (genitive singular láithreach, nominative plural láithreacha)

1. site, spot

   Synonyms: láithreán, suíomh

2. area

   Synonyms: áit, ionad

3. (sports) arena

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “láthair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “láthar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language