"litir" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʎihtʲɪɾʲ/ Forms: litreach [genitive, singular], litrichean [plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|liter}} Old Irish liter, {{der|gd|la|littera}} Latin littera Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|litreach|||||||plural|litrichean||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} litir f (genitive singular litreach, plural litrichean), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=litreach|pl=litrichean}} litir f (genitive singular litreach, plural litrichean)
  1. letter (epistle; character) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Orthography, Post Derived forms: bogsa-litrichean (english: letter box), dearbhair-litreachaidh (english: spell checker), litearra (english: literate), litearrachd (english: literacy), litir-leannanachd (english: love letter), litreachadh (english: spelling), litreachas [literature, publishing, media], litrich (english: spell) [verb], toll-litrichean (english: mail slot)

Inflected forms

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        "3": "liter"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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    }
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    },
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        "21": "",
        "22": "",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        {
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          "name": "Orthography",
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          "english": "letter box",
          "word": "bogsa-litrichean"
        },
        {
          "english": "spell checker",
          "word": "dearbhair-litreachaidh"
        },
        {
          "english": "literate",
          "word": "litearra"
        },
        {
          "english": "literacy",
          "word": "litearrachd"
        },
        {
          "english": "love letter",
          "word": "litir-leannanachd"
        },
        {
          "english": "spelling",
          "word": "litreachadh"
        },
        {
          "topics": [
            "literature",
            "publishing",
            "media"
          ],
          "word": "litreachas"
        },
        {
          "english": "spell",
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "litrich"
        },
        {
          "english": "mail slot",
          "word": "toll-litrichean"
        }
      ],
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        "letter (epistle; character)"
      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʎihtʲɪɾʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "litir"
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    },
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      "english": "spell checker",
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    },
    {
      "english": "literate",
      "word": "litearra"
    },
    {
      "english": "literacy",
      "word": "litearrachd"
    },
    {
      "english": "love letter",
      "word": "litir-leannanachd"
    },
    {
      "english": "spelling",
      "word": "litreachadh"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "publishing",
        "media"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "english": "spell",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "litrich"
    },
    {
      "english": "mail slot",
      "word": "toll-litrichean"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
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      "form": "litreach",
      "tags": [
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    },
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  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Scottish Gaelic entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
        "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Latin",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "gd-noun 2",
        "gd:Orthography",
        "gd:Post"
      ],
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        "letter (epistle; character)"
      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʎihtʲɪɾʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "litir"
}

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