liosta

See also: líosta

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪsˠt̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

From English list, from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ, and/or Old French liste (“border, band; strip of paper”), itself from the Germanic word.

Noun

liosta m (genitive singular liosta, nominative plural liostaí)

  1. list (register or roll of paper; codified representation of a list)
Declension
Declension of liosta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative liosta liostaí
Vocative a liosta a liostaí
Genitive liosta liostaí
Dative liosta liostaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an liosta na liostaí
Genitive an liosta na liostaí
Dative leis an liosta

don liosta

 leis na liostaí
Derived terms
  • liostaigh (“list, enumerate”, transitive verb)
  • liostáil (“enlist”, verb)
  • liostáil f (“enlistment”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English list.

Noun

liosta m (genitive singular liosta)

  1. (nautical) list
Declension
Declension of liosta

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative liosta
Vocative a liosta
Genitive liosta
Dative liosta

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an liosta
Genitive an liosta
Dative leis an liosta

don liosta

Etymology 3

From Old Irish lista (“tedious, wearisome; persistent, tenacious”).

Adjective

liosta

  1. slow, tedious
  2. irksome, tiresome
  3. persistent, importunate
Declension
Declension of liosta
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative liosta liosta liosta
Vocative liosta liosta
Genitive liosta liosta liosta
Dative liosta liosta liosta
Comparative níos liosta
Superlative is liosta
Alternative forms
  • liostach
Derived terms
  • liostachán m (“tiresome, importunate, person”)
  • liostachas m (“listlessness, languidness; lingering illness”)
  • liostacht f (“tediousness, tiresomeness; persistence, importunity”)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

liosta m sg

  1. genitive singular of liost (“teasel”)

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From English list, from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ, and/or Old French liste (“border, band; strip of paper”), itself from the Germanic word.

Noun

liosta f (genitive singular liosta, plural liostaichean)

  1. list (of items)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish lista (“tedious, wearisome; persistent, tenacious”).

Adjective

liosta

  1. boring, tedious, prolix
    Synonyms: fadalach, màirnealach, sàraichte
  2. importunate
Alternative forms
  • mì-liosta (“unimportunate, unsolicitous, unobtrusive”, adjective)

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “liosta”, 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), “lista”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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