liopard
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish lipard, borrowed from Middle English lipard, from Old French leopard (“leopard”), from Late Latin leopardus (“leopon, lipard”) from late Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos, “leopon, lipard”), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πάρδος (párdos, “pard, male leopard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlʲi.pˠəɾˠdˠ/
Noun
liopard m (genitive singular liopaird, nominative plural liopaird)
- leopard (Panthera pardus)
Declension
Declension of liopard
First declension
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Derived terms
- liopardchat m (“leopard-cat”)
- liopard fiaigh m (“cheetah”)
- liopard marmarach m (“clouded leopard”)
- liopard sneachta m (“snow leopard”)
- rón liopaird m (“leopard seal”)
- siorc liopaird m (“leopard shark”)
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “liopard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lipard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language