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láithreach

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish láthrach, láithrech n (position), from láthar n (arrangement).[5] By surface analysis, láthair (site, spot, area) +‎ -ach.

Noun

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láithreach m (genitive singular láithrigh, nominative plural láithrigh)

  1. place, spot; site, location; presence
    Synonym: láthair
  2. ruined site, ruin
  3. trace, imprint
Declension
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Declension of láithreach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative láithreach láithrigh
vocative a láithrigh a láithreacha
genitive láithrigh láithreach
dative láithreach láithrigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an láithreach na láithrigh
genitive an láithrigh na láithreach
dative leis an láithreach
don láithreach
leis na láithrigh

Adjective

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láithreach (genitive singular masculine láithrigh, genitive singular feminine láithrí, plural láithreacha, comparative láithrí)

  1. present, immediate
  2. (grammar) present
Declension
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Declension of láithreach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative láithreach láithreach láithreacha
vocative láithrigh láithreacha
genitive láithrí láithreacha láithreach
dative láithreach láithreach;
láithrigh (archaic)
láithreacha
Comparative níos láithrí
Superlative is láithrí
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Adverb

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láithreach

  1. immediately
    Déan láithreach é.Do it immediately.
Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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láithreach f

  1. genitive singular of láthair

References

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  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 169, page 49; reprinted 1988
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 180
  3. ^ Stockman, Gerard (1974), The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 374
  4. ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎[1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 283, page 121
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “láthrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language