leastar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lestar (“vessel, container; beehive; ship, boat, vessel”), possibly a Brythonic loanword. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *lestrom (“pot”), regardless (compare Breton lestr, Welsh llestr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲasˠt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

leastar m (genitive singular leastair, nominative plural leastair)

1. vessel
   1. container for liquids
   2. cask, firkin
   3. (wash-)tub
   4. (nautical, of boat) punt, tub
   5. (figurative) vessel (person as a container of qualities or feelings)
2. squat, dumpy, person; person hard to move; latecomer

Declension

Declension of leastar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative leastar leastair Vocative a leastair a leastara Genitive leastair leastar Dative leastar leastair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an leastar na leastair Genitive an leastair na leastar Dative leis an leastar don leastar leis na leastair

Synonyms

• (vessel): áras m, galún m, soitheach m
• (washtub): tobán níocháin
• (nautical): pota

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leastar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lestar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language