lethar

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lethar, from Proto-Celtic *letros (compare Welsh lledr, Old English leþer, and Old Norse leðr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (earlier) /ˈl̠ʲeθəɾ/, (later) /ˈl̠ʲehəɾ/

Noun

lethar (gender unknown, genitive lethair, no plural)

1. skin (of a living creature)
2. leather, hide

Synonyms

• croiccenn

Descendants

• Irish: leathar
• Manx: liare
• Scottish Gaelic: leathar

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lethar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language