lethar

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *letrom (compare Welsh lledr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl͈ʲeθar/

Noun

lethar ‎(gender unknown, genitive lethair, no plural)

1. skin (of a living creature)
2. leather, hide

Synonyms

• croiccenn

Descendants

• Irish: leathar
• Manx: liare
• Scottish Gaelic: leathar

Mutation

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

References

• “lethar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.