làr

See also: lar, lär, lár, lår, lár-, -lar, LAr, and LAR

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lár (compare Irish lár, Manx laare).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɫ̪aːɾ]

Noun

làr m (genitive singular làir, plural làir)

  1. The ground, earth
    nèamh is làr ― heaven and earth
    do thùineadh mu làr ― thy dwelling underground
  2. The floor
    air làr ― on the ground, on the floor
  3. The ground floor
  4. A centre
  5. Low ground
  6. Applied to the floor of any room when formed of stone, clay or earth

Derived terms
  • a' dol mu làr (“going to naught”)
  • cuir mu làr e (“abrogate it”)
  • làr-bhurraidh (“a complete blockhead”)
  • mu làr (“forgotten, neglected, lost abolished”)

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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