lúcháir

See also: luchair

Irish

FWOTD – 30 November 2018

Alternative forms

• lúthgháir (superseded)
• lúthgháire (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Irish lúthgáir. By surface analysis, lúth (“rejoicing”) ‎ gáir (“cry, shout”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuːˈxɑːɾʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠuːxɑːɾʲ/
  • (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔfˠɑːɾʲ/, /ˈl̪ˠɛfˠɑːɾʲ/, /ˈl̪ˠɛvˠɑːɾʲ/, /ˈl̪ˠɛwɑːɾʲ/, /l̪ˠəˈwɑːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠʊxæɾʲ/

Noun

lúcháir f (genitive singular lúcháire)

1. great joy

   Synonym: áthas

   Tá lúcháir orm; Tá lúcháir an tsaoil orm.

   I am overjoyed.

   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 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

Declension of lúcháir (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative lúcháir vocative a lúcháir genitive lúcháire dative lúcháir forms with the definite article case singular nominative an lúcháir genitive na lúcháire dative leis an lúcháir don lúcháir

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lúṫġáir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 453
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lúcháir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lúcháir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “lúcháir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024