laghairt

== Irish == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin lacerta, though the intermediate steps are uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Scottish Gaelic laghairt as the word appears in Scottish Gaelic dictionaries earlier than in Irish ones: it appears in Edward Dwelly's 1911 Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary, but not in the Dictionary of the Irish Language or the 1904 or 1927 editions of Dinneen's Irish–English Dictionary. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /l̪ˠəiɾˠtʲ/ === Noun === laghairt f (genitive singular laghairte, nominative plural laghairteanna) lizard ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== earc === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “laghairt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin lacerta, though change of c to gh is obscure; perhaps altered by association with ladhar (“toe, claw”). === Noun === laghairt m or f (genitive singular laghairt or laghairte, plural laghairtean) lizard ==== Synonyms ==== dearc-luachrach ==== Descendants ==== →? Irish: laghairt === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “laghairt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN