litir

See also: lítir

Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite nominative plural of litur

Verb

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of lita

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Irish

Alternative forms

• leitir (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪtʲəɾʲ/

Noun

litir f (genitive singular litreach or litre, nominative plural litreacha)

1. letter (of the alphabet)
2. letter (missive, epistle)

Declension

Declension of litir

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative litir litreacha Vocative a litir a litreacha Genitive litreach litreacha Dative litir litreacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an litir na litreacha Genitive na litreach na litreacha Dative leis an litir don litir leis na litreacha

Derived terms

• bloclitir f (“block letter”)
• ceannlitir f (“capital letter”)
• códlitir f (“code letter”)
• délitir f (“digraph”)
• fuarlitir an dlí f (“the (strict) letter of the law”)
• imlitir f (“circular”)
• litirchárta m (“letter-card”)
• litirmheá f (“letter-scales”)
• litirphreas m (“letterpress”)
• litreoireacht f (“lettering”)
• litrigh (“spell”, verb)
• litriúil (“literal”)
• nasclitir f (“ligature”)
• tréadlitir f (“pastoral”)
• túslitir f (“initial”)

 

Related terms

• liteartha (“literary; literal”)
• litearthacht f (“literariness; literacy”)
• litritheoir m (“speller”)
• litriú m (“spelling, orthography”)
• litrí m (“man of letters”)

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “litir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “liter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎiʰtʲɪɾʲ/

Noun

litir f (genitive singular litreach, plural litrichean)

1. letter (epistle; character)

Derived terms

• bogsa-litrichean (“letter box”)
• dearbhair-litreachaidh (“spell checker”)
• litearra (“literate”)
• litearrachd (“literacy”)
• litir-leannanachd (“love letter”)
• litreachadh (“spelling”)
• litreachas (“literature”)
• litrich (“spell”, verb)
• toll-litrichean (“mail slot”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “litir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “liter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language