luas

See also: Luas and lúas

Esperanto

Verb

luas

present of lui

Indonesian

Adjective

luas

vast

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lúas (“swiftness, speed”), related to lúath (“quick, swift”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuəsˠ/

Noun

luas m (genitive singular luais, nominative plural luasanna)

speed, velocity
(time) earliness

Declension

Declension of luas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	luas	luasanna
Vocative	a luais	a luasanna
Genitive	luais	luasanna
Dative	luas	luasanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an luas	na luasanna
Genitive	an luais	na luasanna
Dative	leis an luas don luas	leis na luasanna

Derived terms

Terms derived from luas

aerluas m (“airspeed”)
luasbhád m (“speedboat”)
luasbhealach m (“expressway”)

luasghéaraigh (“accelerate”, verb)
luasmhéadar m (“speedometer”)
luasmhoilligh (“decelerate”, verb)

luasraon m (“speedway”)
luasteorainn f, teorainn luais f (“speed limit”)
mórluas m (“great speed”)

Related terms

luath (“quick, fast; early, soon”, adj)

References

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

Latin

Verb

luās

second-person singular present active subjunctive of luō

Portuguese

Noun

luas f pl

plural of lua

Sundanese

Adjective

luas

determined

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