"leitir" meaning in Irish

See leitir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlʲetʲəɾʲ/ [Munster], /ˈl̠ʲetʲəɾʲ/ [Connacht, Ulster] Forms: leitreach [genitive, singular], leitreacha [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish leittir. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|leittir}} Old Irish leittir, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019), “leittir”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>}} Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|leitreach|||||||nominative plural|leitreacha|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} leitir f (genitive singular leitreach, nominative plural leitreacha), {{ga-noun|f|leitreach|leitreacha}} leitir f (genitive singular leitreach, nominative plural leitreacha)
  1. hillside Tags: feminine Derived forms: Leitir Ceanainn, Leitir Mhic an Bhaird
    Sense id: en-leitir-ga-noun-2vfC9S-U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈlʲetʲəɾʲ/ [Munster], /ˈl̠ʲetʲəɾʲ/ [Connacht, Ulster]
Etymology: See litir. Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|leitreach|||||||nominative plural|leitreacha|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} leitir f (genitive singular leitreach, nominative plural leitreacha), {{ga-noun|f|leitreach|leitreacha}} leitir f (genitive singular leitreach, nominative plural leitreacha) Forms: leitreach [genitive, singular], leitreacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an leitir [definite, nominative, singular], na leitreacha [definite, nominative, plural], na leitreach [definite, genitive, singular], na leitreacha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an leitir [dative, definite, singular], don leitir [dative, definite, singular], leis na leitreacha [dative, definite, plural]
  1. Cois Fharraige and Kerry form of litir (“letter”) Tags: Cois-Fharraige, Kerry, alt-of, feminine Alternative form of: litir (extra: letter)
    Sense id: en-leitir-ga-noun-I1T3XrKE Categories (other): Cois Fharraige Irish, Kerry Irish, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for leitir meaning in Irish (4.0kB)

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