làthair

See also: láthair

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • làithir

Etymology

From Old Irish láthar (compare Irish láthair).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɫ̪aː.ɪɾʲ/

Noun

làthair f (genitive singular làthaire)

  1. presence, existence, company, sight
    Na tig an làthair. ― Do not present yourself.
    a-mach as mo làthair! ― out of my presence!
    an làthair a chéile ― in the presence of each other

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References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “làthair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “láthar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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