liúit

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English lute, from Middle French lut, from Old French leüt, probably from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic اَلْعُود‎ (al-ʿūd, “the wood”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l̠ʲuːtʲ/

Noun

liúit f (genitive singular liúite, nominative plural liúiteanna)

(music) lute

Declension

Declension of liúit

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	liúit	liúiteanna
Vocative	a liúit	a liúiteanna
Genitive	liúite	liúiteanna
Dative	liúit	liúiteanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an liúit	na liúiteanna
Genitive	na liúite	na liúiteanna
Dative	leis an liúit don liúit	leis na liúiteanna

Derived terms

seinnteoir liúite

Further reading

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

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