leitir

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish leittir.

Noun

leitir f (genitive singular leitreach, nominative plural leitreacha)

  1. hillside
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See litir.

Noun

leitir f (genitive singular leitreach, nominative plural leitreacha)

  1. Cois Fharraige and Kerry form of litir (letter)

Declension

Declension of leitir (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative leitir leitreacha
vocative a leitir a leitreacha
genitive leitreach leitreacha
dative leitir leitreacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an leitir na leitreacha
genitive na leitreach na leitreacha
dative leis an leitir
don leitir
leis na leitreacha

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish leittir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʎehtʲɪɾʲ/

Noun

leitir f (genitive singular leitreach, plural leitrichean)

  1. hillside, slope (of a hill)
    Synonyms: bruthach, cliathach, sliabh

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “leitir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leittir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language