labar

See also: Labar and lăbar

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labar/ [la.β̞ar]
• Rhymes: -abar, -ar
• Hyphenation: la‧bar

Noun

labar inan

1. cliff
2. firelighter; small block of flammable substance used to light fires

Declension

Declension of labar (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	labar	labarra	labarrak	labarrok
ergative	labarrek	labarrak	labarrek	labarrok
dative	labarri	labarrari	labarrei	labarroi
genitive	labarren	labarraren	labarren	labarron
comitative	labarrekin	labarrarekin	labarrekin	labarrokin
causative	labarrengatik	labarrarengatik	labarrengatik	labarrongatik
benefactive	labarrentzat	labarrarentzat	labarrentzat	labarrontzat
instrumental	labarrez	labarraz	labarrez	labarrotaz
innesive	labarretan	labarrean	labarretan	labarrotan
locative	labarretako	labarreko	labarretako	labarrotako
allative	labarretara	labarrera	labarretara	labarrotara
terminative	labarretaraino	labarreraino	labarretaraino	labarrotaraino
directive	labarretarantz	labarrerantz	labarretarantz	labarrotarantz
destinative	labarretarako	labarrerako	labarretarako	labarrotarako
ablative	labarretatik	labarretik	labarretatik	labarrotatik
partitive	labarrik	—	—	—
prolative	labartzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “labar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “labar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Latin

Verb

lābar

1. first-person singular future active indicative of lābor

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.bar/
• Rhymes: -abar

Noun

labar

1. plural of labra

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlabaros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪a.βəɾ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈl̪a.βaɾ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈl̪a.βəɾ]

Adjective

labar

1. talkative
2. arrogant, boastful

Inflection

o/ā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	labar	labar	labar
vocative	labair* labar**
accusative	labar	labair
genitive	labair	laibre	labair
dative	labur	labair	labur
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	labair	labra
vocative	labru labra†
accusative	labru labra†
genitive	labar
dative	labraib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

• amlabar
• labraithir

Descendants

• Irish: labhar
• Scottish Gaelic: labhar

Further reading

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