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leabhar

Irish

Noun

leabhar m ‎(genitive singular leabhair, nominative plural leabhair)

book

Declension

Declension of leabhar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leabhar	leabhair
Vocative	a leabhair	a leabhara
Genitive	leabhair	leabhar
Dative	leabhar	leabhair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an leabhar	na leabhair
Genitive	an leabhair	na leabhar
Dative	leis an leabhar don leabhar	leis na leabhair

Alternative plural leabhartha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

Terms derived from leabhar

bunleabhar m ‎(“primer”)
closleabhar m ‎(“audiobook”)
imleabhar m ‎(“volume”)
irisleabhar m ‎(“magazine, journal”)
leabhar ama m ‎(“time-book”)
leabhar bord íseal m, leabhar tábla caife m ‎(“coffee table book”)

leabharcheardaíocht f ‎(“bookcraft”)
leabhareolaíocht f ‎(“bibliography”) (the study of the history of books)
leabharlann f ‎(“library”)
leabharliosta m ‎(“bibliography”) (list of books)
leabhar oiris m ‎(“chronicle”)
leabhrán m ‎(“booklet”)

mórleabhar m ‎(“big book, tome”)
ríomhleabhar m, rleabhar m, r-leabhar m ‎(“e-book”)
seicleabhar m ‎(“chequebook”)
siopa leabhar m ‎(“bookshop”)
téacsleabhar m ‎(“textbook”)
turasleabhar m ‎(“log-book”)

References

"leabhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“lebor” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lebor, from Latin liber.

Noun

leabhar m ‎(genitive singular leabhair, plural leabhraichean)

book, volume
Seo an leabhar leamsa.‎ ― This is my book.

Derived terms

Terms derived from leabhar

bùth-leabhraichean ‎(“bookshop”)
leabhar cheist ‎(“catechism”)
leabhar-cùnntais ‎(“ledger”)
leabhar-fiosrachaidh ‎(“reference book”)

Leabhar Ghnìomharan nan Abstol ‎(“Acts”) (biblical book)
leabhar-iùil ‎(“guide”) (book)
leabhar-làimhe ‎(“handbook”)
leabharlann ‎(“library”)

leabhar-latha ‎(“diary”)
leabhar-pòcaid ‎(“pocketbook”)
stàile-leabhraichean ‎(“bookstall”)
teacs-leabhar m ‎(“textbook”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
“lebor” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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leabhar

leabhar

Irish

Noun

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Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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