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léir

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See also: leir, leír, and lèir

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish léir,[4] from Proto-Celtic *leiris.

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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léir (genitive singular feminine léire, plural léire, comparative léire)

  1. clear
  2. distinct
  3. clever
  4. explicit
  5. evident
Declension
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Declension of léir
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative léir léir léire
vocative léir léire
genitive léire léire léir
dative léir léir léire
Comparative níos léire
Superlative is léire
Derived terms
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Adjective

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léir

  1. inflection of léar:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Further reading

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  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “léir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 655; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “léir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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léir

  1. (Munster, otherwise archaic) second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of léigh

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 94, page 81
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 187
  3. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979), Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 275
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish léir (diligent, careful), from Proto-Celtic *leiris (diligent, assiduous).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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léir

  1. visible, perceptible

Descendants

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  • Irish: léir
  • Scottish Gaelic: lèir

Mutation

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Mutation of léir
radical lenition nasalization
léir
also lléir after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
léir
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *leiris (diligent, assiduous).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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léir (equative lérithir)

  1. diligent, assiduous, earnest, careful, zealous
    For quotations using this term, see Citations:léir.

Declension

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i-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative léir léir léir
vocative léir
accusative léir léir
genitive léir léire léir
dative léir léir léir
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative léiri léiri
vocative léiri
accusative léiri
genitive léir*
léire
dative léirib

*not when substantivized

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Mutation

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Mutation of léir
radical lenition nasalization
léir
also lléir in h-prothesis environments
léir
pronounced with /lʲ-/
léir
also lléir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Adjective

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léir

  1. superseded spelling of lèir