leabhair

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /lʲaurʲ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲəurʲ/

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)

1. long and slender; lithe, supple, pliant

Declension

Declension of leabhair

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhaire
Vocative	leabhair		leabhaire
Genitive		leabhaire	leabhaire	leabhair
Dative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhaire
Comparative	níos leabhaire
Superlative	is leabhaire

Declension of leabhair

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhra
Vocative	leabhair		leabhra
Genitive		leabhra	leabhra	leabhair
Dative	leabhair	leabhair	leabhra
Comparative	níos leabhra
Superlative	is leabhra

Derived terms

• géagleabhair (“slender-limbed”)
• leabhairchruth (“long slender shape; streamline”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “leabhair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “leabhair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

leabhair m

1. inflection of leabhar (“book”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Alternative forms

• (plural): leabhartha (Connemara)