leabhair

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l̠ʲəurʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lebar, lebair (“long, tall, extensive; supple, pliant, flowing”).

Adjective

leabhair (genitive singular feminine leabhaire or leabhra, plural leabhaire or leabhra, comparative leabhaire or leabhra)

long and slender; lithe, supple, pliant

Declension

Declension of leabhair

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

Declension of leabhair

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

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

Inflected form of leabhar.

Noun

leabhair m

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

Alternative forms

(plural): leabhartha (Connemara)

References

"leabhair" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“1 lebar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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