leastar
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish lestar (“vessel, container; beehive; ship, boat, vessel”), possibly an Old Welsh [Term?] loanword. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *lestr- (“pot”), regardless (compare Breton lestr, Welsh llestr).
Pronunciation
Noun
leastar m (genitive singular leastair, nominative plural leastair)
Declension
Declension of leastar
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (vessel): áras m, galún m, soitheach m
- (washtub): tobán níocháin
- (nautical): pota
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leastar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lestar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language