liosta

See also: líosta

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪsˠt̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ, and/or Old French liste (“border, band; strip of paper”), itself from the Germanic word.

Noun

liosta m (genitive singular liosta, nominative plural liostaí)

  1. list (register or roll of paper; codified representation of a list)
Declension
Derived terms
  • liostaigh (“list, enumerate”, transitive verb)
  • liostáil (“enlist”, verb)
  • liostáil f (“enlistment”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English list.

Noun

liosta m (genitive singular liosta)

  1. (nautical) list
Declension

Etymology 3

From Old Irish lista (“tedious, wearisome; persistent, tenacious”).

Adjective

liosta

  1. slow, tedious
  2. irksome, tiresome
  3. persistent, importunate
Declension
Alternative forms
  • liostach
Derived terms
  • liostachán m (“tiresome, importunate, person”)
  • liostachas m (“listlessness, languidness; lingering illness”)
  • liostacht f (“tediousness, tiresomeness; persistence, importunity”)

Etymology 4

Noun

liosta m sg

  1. genitive singular of liost (“teasel”)

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ, and/or Old French liste (“border, band; strip of paper”), itself from the Germanic word.

Noun

liosta f (genitive singular liosta, plural liostaichean)

  1. list (of items)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish lista (“tedious, wearisome; persistent, tenacious”).

Adjective

liosta

  1. boring, tedious, prolix
  2. importunate
Alternative forms
Synonyms
  • mì-liosta (“unimportunate, unsolicitous, unobtrusive”, adjective)

Further reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “lista” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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