leathar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lethar, from Proto-Celtic *letrom (compare Welsh lledr).

Noun

leathar m (genitive singular leathair, nominative plural leathair)

leather; article, piece, of leather; strap; (plural) leather equipment, strapping
hide, skin
tawse

Declension

Declension of leathar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leathar	leathair
Vocative	a leathair	a leathara
Genitive	leathair	leathar
Dative	leathar	leathair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an leathar	na leathair
Genitive	an leathair	na leathar
Dative	leis an leathar don leathar	leis na leathair

Synonyms

(hide): seithe

Derived terms

Terms derived from leathar

bruaintín leathair (“(shoemaker's) leather apron”)
bualadh leathair (“sexual intercourse”)
éadach leathair (“leather cloth”)
eitleog leathair, ialtóg leathair, leadhbán leathair, leadhbóg leathair, leidhbín leathair, sciathán leathair (“bat”)
feoil is leathar (“flesh and skin”)
idir feoil is leathar (“underneath the skin”)

leathar an chinn (“the scalp”)
leathar bróg (“shoe-leather”)
leathar gan leasú (“undressed leather”)
leathar leasaithe (“dressed leather”)
leathar rásúir (“(razor-)strop”)

leathar stíoróipe (“stirrup-strap”)
mála leathair (“leather bag”)
obair leathair (“leatherwork”)
rópa leathair (“hide rope”)
úrleathar, leathar úr (“untanned leather”)

References

"leathar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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