láir

See also: lair and làir

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɔajɪr]

Noun

láir

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of lógv

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɑːɾʲ/
• Homophone: láthair (Galway)

Etymology 1

From Old Irish láir.

Noun

láir f (genitive singular lárach, nominative plural láracha)

1. mare (female horse)

Declension

Declension of láir (fifth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative láir láracha vocative a láir a láracha genitive lárach láracha dative láir láracha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an láir na láracha genitive na lárach na láracha dative leis an láir don láir leis na láracha

Hypernyms

• capall, each (“horse”)

Derived terms

• An Láir Bhán f (“the Milky Way”)
• láir asail f (“she-ass”)
• láir bhán f (“badderlocks”)
• Láir Bhán
• láir bhán f (“hobby-horse (used by wren-parties)”)
• láir dhubh f (“treadmill”)
• láir ghraí f (“brood mare”)
• láir mná f (“big well-built woman”)
• láir shearraigh f (“mare in foal”)
• láireachán m, láireog f (“filly”)

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “láir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 625; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “láir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “láir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “láir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Etymology 2

Noun

láir m

1. inflection of lár (“ground, floor; middle, center”):
   1. genitive/vocative singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlārexs, possibly related to Albanian pelë (“mare”).

Noun

láir f

1. mare (female horse)

Inflection

Feminine i-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	láir	láirL	láiriH
vocative	láir	láirL	láiriH
accusative	láirN	láirL	láiriH
genitive	lároH, láraH	lároH, láraH	láireN
dative	láirL	láirib	láirib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Hypernyms

• ech, marc (“horse”)

Derived terms

• láréne (“little horse”)

Descendants

• Irish: láir
• Manx: laair
• Scottish Gaelic: làir

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “láir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language