leabhar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lebor, from Latin liber.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲəuɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲoːɾˠ/

Noun

leabhar m (genitive singular leabhair, nominative plural leabhair or leabhartha)

book

Declension

Declension of leabhar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leabhar	leabhair
Vocative	a leabhair	a leabhara
Genitive	leabhair	leabhar
Dative	leabhar	leabhair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an leabhar	na leabhair
Genitive	an leabhair	na leabhar
Dative	leis an leabhar don leabhar	leis na leabhair

Alternative plurals: leabhartha (Cois Fharraige), leabhra

Derived terms

bunleabhar m (“primer”)
closleabhar m (“audiobook”)
imleabhar m (“volume”)
irisleabhar m (“magazine, journal”)
leabhar ama m (“time-book”)
leabhar bord íseal m, leabhar tábla caife m (“coffee table book”)
leabharcheardaíocht f (“bookcraft”)
leabhareolaíocht f (“bibliography”) (the study of the history of books)
leabharlann f (“library”)
leabharliosta m (“bibliography”) (list of books)
leabhar oiris m (“chronicle”)
leabhar póca m (“pocket-book”)
leabhrán m (“booklet”)
mórleabhar m (“big book, tome”)
ríomhleabhar m, rleabhar m, r-leabhar m (“e-book”)
seicleabhar m (“chequebook”)
siopa leabhar m (“bookshop”)
téacsleabhar m (“textbook”)
turasleabhar m (“log-book”)

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lebor, from Latin liber.

Noun

leabhar m (genitive singular leabhair, plural leabhraichean)

book, volume
Seo an leabhar leamsa. ― This is my book.

Derived terms

bùth-leabhraichean (“bookshop”)
leabhar cheist (“catechism”)
leabhar-cùnntais (“ledger”)
leabhar-fiosrachaidh (“reference book”)
Leabhar Ghnìomharan nan Abstol (“Acts”) (biblical book)
leabhar-iùil (“guide”) (book)
leabhar-làimhe (“handbook”)
leabharlann (“library”)
leabhar-latha (“diary”)
leabhar-pòcaid (“pocketbook”)
stàile-leabhraichean (“bookstall”)
teacs-leabhar m (“textbook”)

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
“lebor” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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