"léir" meaning in Irish

See léir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /l̠ʲeːɾʲ/
Etymology: From Old Irish léir, from Proto-Celtic *leiris. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|léir}} Old Irish léir, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*leiris}} Proto-Celtic *leiris Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective||{{{gsm}}}|genitive singular feminine|léire||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|léire||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|léire|||head=}} léir (genitive singular feminine léire, plural léire, comparative léire), {{ga-adj|comp=~e|gsf=~e|pl=~e}} léir (genitive singular feminine léire, plural léire, comparative léire) Forms: léire [feminine, genitive, singular], léire [plural], léire [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [positive], léir [masculine, singular], léire [plural], vocative [positive], genitive [positive], léire [feminine, singular], léire [plural, strong], léir [plural, weak], dative [positive], léir [feminine, singular], níos léire [comparative], is léire [superlative]
  1. clear
    Sense id: en-léir-ga-adj-kTpMuRvi
  2. distinct
    Sense id: en-léir-ga-adj-VMnoR-15
  3. clever
    Sense id: en-léir-ga-adj-DolcMjzH
  4. explicit
    Sense id: en-léir-ga-adj-Oyg-k96~
  5. evident
    Sense id: en-léir-ga-adj-7RHCiKyH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: léar Derived forms: go léir, léirigh
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /l̠ʲeːɾʲ/
Etymology: From Old Irish léir, from Proto-Celtic *leiris. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|léir}} Old Irish léir, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*leiris}} Proto-Celtic *leiris Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective form}} léir
  1. inflection of léar:
    vocative/genitive singular masculine
    Tags: form-of Form of: léar
    Sense id: en-léir-ga-adj-I4UBQHlm
  2. inflection of léar:
    (archaic) dative singular feminine
    Tags: archaic, dative, feminine, form-of, singular Form of: léar
    Sense id: en-léir-ga-adj-9X9UCGqb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: léar
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /l̠ʲeːɾʲ/
Etymology: Inflected form of léigh. Head templates: {{head|ga|verb form}} léir
  1. (Munster, otherwise archaic) second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of léigh Tags: Munster, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive Form of: léigh Synonyms: léighir [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-léir-ga-verb-Y2UGmL4R Categories (other): Munster Irish, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 1 4 8 2 1 15 9 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 0 7 1 4 0 6 4 69 7 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 5 1 3 0 4 3 79 4 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "go léir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "3": "*leiris"
      },
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    }
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
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    {
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        "comparative"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vocative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léire",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    },
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        "plural",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos léire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is léire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{gsm}}}",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "léire",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
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      },
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    },
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        "clear"
      ],
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          "clear",
          "clear"
        ]
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      ],
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      ],
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          "clever",
          "clever"
        ]
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        "explicit"
      ],
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        [
          "explicit",
          "explicit"
        ]
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    },
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      ],
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        [
          "evident",
          "evident"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/l̠ʲeːɾʲ/"
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "word": "léir"
}

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      ],
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          "léar",
          "léar#Irish"
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        "(archaic) dative singular feminine"
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    }
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}

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  "etymology_text": "Inflected form of léigh.",
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      },
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  "lang": "Irish",
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        {
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        },
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          "léigh",
          "léigh#Irish"
        ]
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        "(Munster, otherwise archaic) second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of léigh"
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    {
      "ipa": "/l̠ʲeːɾʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "léir"
}
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      "word": "go léir"
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "léire",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vocative",
      "source": "declension",
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        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
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        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léire",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos léire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is léire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "clear"
      ],
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "distinct",
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        ]
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    },
    {
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        "clever"
      ],
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        ]
      ]
    },
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          "explicit",
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        ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/l̠ʲeːɾʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "léar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "léir"
}

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        "(archaic) dative singular feminine"
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}

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          "léigh",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/l̠ʲeːɾʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "léighir"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "subsection": "adjective",
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (bcd5c38 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.