leathuair

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

leath- (“half”) +‎ uair (“hour”)

Pronunciation

Noun

leathuair f (genitive singular leathuaire, nominative plural leathuaire)

  1. half-hour
    leathuair tar éis a dó ― half past two

Declension

Declension of leathuair (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative leathuair leathuaire
vocative a leathuair a leathuaire
genitive leathuaire leathuaire
dative leathuair leathuaire
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an leathuair na leathuaire
genitive na leathuaire na leathuaire
dative leis an leathuair
don leathuair 		leis na leathuaire

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 138
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 343, page 65

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