lúcháir

See also: luchair

Irish

FWOTD – 30 November 2018

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish lúthgáir; synchronically lúth (rejoicing) + gáir (cry, shout).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠuːˈxɑːɾʲ/[1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠuːxɑːɾʲ/
    • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔfˠɑːɾʲ/, /ˈl̪ˠɛfˠɑːɾʲ/, /ˈl̪ˠɛvˠɑːɾʲ/, /ˈl̪ˠɛwɑːɾʲ/, /l̪ˠəˈwɑːɾʲ/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠuːxæɾʲ/

Noun

lúcháir f (genitive singular lúcháire)

  1. great joy
    Synonym: áthas
    lúcháir orm; Tá lúcháir an tsaoil orm.
    I am overjoyed.
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 194:
      Do bhíodar sé mhí gan fille, agus nuair a chonaic Máire an t-árthach ag teacht chun cuain, bhí sceitimíní ar a croidhe le lúthgháir agus le h-áthas, ní nárbh’ iongnadh.
      They were [away] six months without returning, and when Máire saw the vessel coming to port, her heart had raptures of gladness and joy, which was not surprising.
  2. joyful welcome
    Déanfaimid lúcháir romhaibh.
    We will receive you joyfully.

Declension

References

  1. M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 189.
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 180.
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 20.

Further reading

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