liosta

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪsˠt̪ˠə/

From English list, from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ, and/or Old French liste (“border, band; strip of paper”), itself from the Germanic word.

liosta m (genitive singular liosta, nominative plural liostaí)

1. list (register or roll of paper; codified representation of a list)

Borrowed from English list.

liosta m (genitive singular liosta)

1. (nautical) list

From Old Irish lista (“tedious, wearisome; persistent, tenacious”).

liosta

1. slow, tedious
2. irksome, tiresome
3. persistent, importunate

• liostach

See the etymology of the main entry.

liosta m sg

1. genitive singular of liost (“teasel”)

• "liosta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “lista”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• Entries containing “liosta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “liosta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

From English list, from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ, and/or Old French liste (“border, band; strip of paper”), itself from the Germanic word.

liosta f (genitive singular liosta, plural liostaichean)

1. list (of items)

From Old Irish lista (“tedious, wearisome; persistent, tenacious”).

liosta

1. boring, tedious, prolix

   Synonyms: fadalach, màirnealach, sàraichte

2. importunate

• liosda

• mì-liosta (“unimportunate, unsolicitous, unobtrusive”, adjective)

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “lista”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN