labar
Basque
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /labar/ [la.β̞ar]
- Rhymes: -abar, -ar
- Hyphenation: la‧bar
Noun
labar inan
- cliff
- firelighter; small block of flammable substance used to light fires
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
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| benefactive | |||
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| locative | |||
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| directive | |||
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| ablative | |||
| partitive | — | — | |
| prolative | — | — |
Further reading
- “labar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “labar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Latin
Verb
lābar
- first-person singular future active indicative of lābor
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈla.bar/
Noun
labar
- plural of labra
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ɸlabros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlaβar]
Adjective
labar
Inflection
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | labar | labar | labar |
| vocative | labair* labar** | ||
| accusative | labar | labair | |
| genitive | labair | laibre | labair |
| dative | labur | labair | labur |
| plural | masculine | feminine/neuter | |
| nominative | labair | labra | |
| vocative | labru labra† | ||
| accusative | labru labra† | ||
| genitive | labar | ||
| dative | labraib | ||
*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
Derived terms
Descendants
- Irish: labhar
- Scottish Gaelic: labhar
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “labar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language