leathar

leathar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lethar, from Proto-Celtic *letrom (compare Welsh lledr).

Noun

leathar m (genitive singular leathair, nominative plural leathair)

1. leather; article, piece, of leather; strap; (plural) leather equipment, strapping
2. hide, skin
3. tawse

Declension

Declension of leathar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative leathar leathair Vocative a leathair a leathara Genitive leathair leathar Dative leathar leathair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an leathar na leathair Genitive an leathair na leathar Dative leis an leathar don leathar leis na leathair

Synonyms

• (hide): seithe

Derived terms

• bruaintín leathair (“(shoemaker's) leather apron”)
• bualadh leathair (“sexual intercourse”)
• éadach leathair (“leather cloth”)
• eitleog leathair, ialtóg leathair, leadhbán leathair, leadhbóg leathair, leidhbín leathair, sciathán leathair (“bat”)
• feoil is leathar (“flesh and skin”)
• idir feoil is leathar (“underneath the skin”)
• leathar an chinn (“the scalp”)
• leathar bróg (“shoe-leather”)
• leathar gan leasú (“undressed leather”)
• leathar leasaithe (“dressed leather”)
• leathar rásúir (“(razor-)strop”)
• leathar stíoróipe (“stirrup-strap”)
• mála leathair (“leather bag”)
• obair leathair (“leatherwork”)
• rópa leathair (“hide rope”)
• úrleathar, leathar úr (“untanned leather”)

 

References

• "leathar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.