liopard

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish lipard, borrowed from Middle English lipard, from Old French leopard (“leopard”), from Late Latin leopardus (“leopon, lipard”) from late Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos, “leopon, lipard”), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πάρδος (párdos, “pard, male leopard”).

Noun

liopard m (genitive singular liopaird, nominative plural liopaird)

  1. leopard (Panthera pardus)

Declension

Derived terms

References

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