laghairt

Ultimately from Latin lacerta, though the intermediate steps are uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Scottish Gaelic laghairt as the word appears in Scottish Gaelic dictionaries earlier than in Irish ones: it appears in Edward Dwelly's 1911 Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary, but not in the Dictionary of the Irish Language or the 1904 or 1927 editions of Dinneen's Irish–English Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠəiɾˠtʲ/

laghairt f (genitive singular laghairte, nominative plural laghairteanna)

1. lizard

• earc

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “laghairt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Ultimately from Latin lacerta, though change of c to gh is obscure; perhaps altered by association with ladhar (“toe, claw”).

laghairt m or f (genitive singular laghairt or laghairte, plural laghairtean)

1. lizard

• dearc-luachrach

• →? Irish: laghairt

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “laghairt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN