laair

Manx

Alternative forms

• lair

Etymology

From Old Irish láir.

Noun

laair f (genitive singular laairagh, plural laaireeyn)

1. mare

   Ta'n laair trome. ― The mare is in foal.

Derived terms

• bainney laairagh (“mare's milk”)
• laair assyl (“she-ass”)
• laair harree (“brood mare, stud mare, mare in foal”)
• laaireen

 

Further reading

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