lasar

Latin

Alternative forms

• lāser

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λάσαρ (lásar), alternative form of λάσαρον (lásaron).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.sar/, [ˈɫ̪äːs̠är]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.sar/, [ˈläːs̬är]

Noun

lāsar n (genitive lāsaris); third declension

1. the juice of the plant laserpitium, asafoetida
2. (botany) the plant laserpitium itself

   Lasaris radix.

   The root of the laserpitium.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lāsar	lāsara
Genitive	lāsaris	lāsarum
Dative	lāsarī	lāsaribus
Accusative	lāsar	lāsara
Ablative	lāsare	lāsaribus
Vocative	lāsar	lāsara

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• lassar

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *laxsarā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl͈asar/

Noun

lasar f (genitive lasra, no plural)

1. flame, fire

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• lasaid
• lasardae (“burning, blazing”, adjective)

Descendants

• Irish: lasair
• Scottish Gaelic: lasair

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lasar also llasar after a proclitic	lasar pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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