labar

See also: Labar and lăbar

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labar/ [la.β̞ar]
• Rhymes: -abar
• Hyphenation: la‧bar

Noun

labar inan

1. cliff
2. firelighter; small block of flammable substance used to light fires

Declension

Declension of labar (inanimate, ending in -r)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	labar	labarra	labarrak
ergative	labarrek	labarrak	labarrek
dative	labarri	labarrari	labarrei
genitive	labarren	labarraren	labarren
comitative	labarrekin	labarrarekin	labarrekin
causative	labarrengatik	labarrarengatik	labarrengatik
benefactive	labarrentzat	labarrarentzat	labarrentzat
instrumental	labarrez	labarraz	labarrez
inessive	labarretan	labarrean	labarretan
locative	labarretako	labarreko	labarretako
allative	labarretara	labarrera	labarretara
terminative	labarretaraino	labarreraino	labarretaraino
directive	labarretarantz	labarrerantz	labarretarantz
destinative	labarretarako	labarrerako	labarretarako
ablative	labarretatik	labarretik	labarretatik
partitive	labarrik	—	—
prolative	labartzat	—	—

Further reading

• “labar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “labar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Latin

Verb

lābar

1. first-person singular future active indicative of lābor

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.bar/

Noun

labar

1. plural of labra

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlabros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaβar]

Adjective

labar

1. talkative
2. arrogant, boastful

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	labar	labar	labar
Vocative	labair* labar**
Accusative	labar	labair
Genitive	labair	laibre	labair
Dative	labur	labair	labur
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	labair	labra
Vocative	labru labra†
Accusative	labru labra†
Genitive	labar
Dative	labraib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Derived terms

• amlabar
• labraithir

Descendants

• Irish: labhar
• Scottish Gaelic: labhar

Further reading

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