leabaidh

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

leabaidh f (genitive singular leapa, nominative plural leapacha)

  1. alternative form of leaba

Declension

Archaic inflection as a third-declension noun:

Declension of leabaidh (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative leabaidh leabthacha
vocative a leabaidh a leabthacha
genitive leabtha leabthacha
dative leabaidh leabthacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an leabaidh na leabthacha
genitive na leabtha na leabthacha
dative leis an leabaidh
don leabaidh 		leis na leabthacha

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lepaid (“harbourage, protection, bed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

leabaidh f (genitive leapa or leapach, plural leabaichean or leapannan)

  1. bed (for sleeping)
  2. couch
  3. bed (for flowers or vegetables)
  4. channel (of a river)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
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