leastar

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish lestar (“vessel”), possibly a Brythonic loanword. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *lexstrom (“pot”), regardless (compare Breton lestr, Welsh llestr). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲasˠt̪ˠəɾˠ/ === Noun === leastar m (genitive singular leastair, nominative plural leastair) vessel container for liquids cask, firkin (wash-)tub (nautical, of boat) punt, tub (figurative) vessel (person as a container of qualities or feelings) squat, dumpy, person; person hard to move; latecomer ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (vessel): áras m, galún m, soitheach m (washtub): tobán níocháin (nautical): pota === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “leastar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 645; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leastar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN