learg

learg

Irish

Alternative forms

• leirg

Etymology

From Old Irish lerg. Cognate with Old Armenian ողորկ (ołork, “smooth”) and լերկ (lerk, “hairless”).

Noun

learg f (genitive singular leirge, nominative plural learga)

1. tract of rising ground; sloping expanse, slope, side
   1. plateau

Declension

Declension of learg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative learg learga Vocative a learg a learga Genitive leirge learg Dative learg learga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an learg na learga Genitive na leirge na learg Dative leis an learg don learg leis na learga

References

• "learg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “lerg” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.