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leastar

leastar

Irish

Noun

leastar m ‎(genitive singular leastair, nominative plural leastair)

vessel
1. container for liquids
2. cask, firkin
3. (wash-)tub
4. (nautical, of boat) punt, tub
5. (figuratively) vessel (person as a container of qualities or feelings)
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

References

"leastar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“lestar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.