leathar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lethar, from Proto-Celtic *letrom (compare Welsh lledr).

Noun

leathar m (genitive singular leathair, nominative plural leathair)

  1. leather; article, piece, of leather; strap; (plural) leather equipment, strapping
  2. hide, skin
  3. tawse

Declension
Declension of leathar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative leathar leathair
Vocative a leathair a leathara
Genitive leathair leathar
Dative leathar leathair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an leathar na leathair
Genitive an leathair na leathar
Dative leis an leathar

don leathar

 leis na leathair

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • bruaintín leathair (“(shoemaker's) leather apron”)
  • bualadh leathair (“sexual intercourse”)
  • éadach leathair (“leather cloth”)
  • eitleog leathair, ialtóg leathair, leadhbán leathair, leadhbóg leathair, leidhbín leathair, sciathán leathair (“bat”)
  • feoil is leathar (“flesh and skin”)
  • idir feoil is leathar (“underneath the skin”)
  • leathar an chinn (“the scalp”)
  • leathar bróg (“shoe-leather”)
  • leathar gan leasú (“undressed leather”)
  • leathar leasaithe (“dressed leather”)
  • leathar rásúir (“(razor-)strop”)
  • leathar stíoróipe (“stirrup-strap”)
  • mála leathair (“leather bag”)
  • obair leathair (“leatherwork”)
  • rópa leathair (“hide rope”)
  • úrleathar, leathar úr (“untanned leather”)

References
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