litir
See also: lítir
Icelandic
Noun
litir
- indefinite nominative plural of litur
Verb
litir
- second-person singular present subjunctive of lita
Irish
Alternative forms
- leitir (Cois Fharraige, Kerry)
Etymology
From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈlʲɪtʲəɾʲ/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪtʲəɾʲ/
Noun
litir f (genitive singular litreach or litre, nominative plural litreacha)
- letter (of the alphabet)
- letter (missive, epistle)
Declension
Declension of litir
Fifth declension
Bare forms
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Derived terms
- bloclitir f (“block letter”)
- ceannlitir f (“capital letter”)
- códlitir f (“code letter”)
- délitir f (“digraph”)
- fuarlitir an dlí f (“letter of the law”)
- imlitir f (“circular”)
- litirchárta m (“letter-card”)
- litirmheá f (“letter-scales”)
- litirphreas m (“letterpress”)
- litreoireacht f (“lettering”)
- litrigh (“spell”, verb)
- litriúil (“literal”)
- nasclitir f (“ligature”)
- tréadlitir f (“pastoral”)
- túslitir f (“initial”)
Related terms
- liteartha (“literary; literal”)
- litearthacht f (“literariness; literacy”)
- litrí m (“man of letters”)
- litritheoir m (“speller”)
- litriú m (“spelling, orthography”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “litir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “liter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 43
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
lìtir m
- (non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of lìt
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʎihtʲɪɾʲ/
Noun
litir f (genitive singular litreach, plural litrichean)
- letter (epistle; character)
Derived terms
- bogsa-litrichean (“letter box”)
- dearbhair-litreachaidh (“spell checker”)
- litearrachd (“literacy”)
- litearra (“literate”)
- litir-leannanachd (“love letter”)
- litreachadh (“spelling”)
- litreachas (“literature”)
- litrich (“spell”, verb)
- toll-litrichean (“mail slot”)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “litir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “liter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: li‧tir
- IPA(key): /ˈlitiɾ/, [ˈli.tɪɾ]
Noun
litir (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆᜒᜇ᜔)
- (Rizal) Alternative form of litid