liúit

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English lute, from Middle French lut, from Old French leüt, probably from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, “the wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲuːtʲ/

Noun

liúit f (genitive singular liúite, nominative plural liúiteanna)

1. (music) lute

Declension

Declension of liúit (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative liúit liúiteanna vocative a liúit a liúiteanna genitive liúite liúiteanna dative liúit liúiteanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an liúit na liúiteanna genitive na liúite na liúiteanna dative leis an liúit don liúit leis na liúiteanna

Derived terms

• liúiteadóir, seinnteoir liúite (“lutist, lutenist”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “liúit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “lute”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024