leabhair

== Irish == === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /lʲauɾʲ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲauəɾʲ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /l̠ʲoːɾʲ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish lebar, lebair (“slender, lithe”). ==== Adjective ==== leabhair (genitive singular feminine leabhaire or leabhra, plural leabhaire or leabhra, comparative leabhaire or leabhra) long and slender; lithe, supple, pliant ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== géagleabhair (“slender-limbed”) leabhairchruth (“long slender shape; streamline”) ==== Further reading ==== Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “leaḃar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 637; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “leabhair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “leabhair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== leabhair m inflection of leabhar (“book”): vocative/genitive singular nominative/dative plural ===== Alternative forms ===== (plural): leabhartha (Connemara) === References ===