leastar
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish lestar (“vessel, container; beehive; ship, boat, vessel”), possibly an Old Welsh [Term?] loanword. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *lestr- (“pot”), regardless (compare Breton lestr, Welsh llestr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲasˠt̪ˠəɾˠ/
Noun
leastar m (genitive singular leastair, nominative plural leastair)
Declension
Declension of leastar
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (vessel): áras m, galún m, soitheach m
- (washtub): tobán níocháin
- (nautical): pota
References
- "leastar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “lestar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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