# litir
## Icelandic
### Noun

litir
* indefinite nominative plural of litur

### Verb

litir
* second-person singular present subjunctive of lita

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* leitir (Cois Fharraige, Kerry)

### Etymology

From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈlʲɪtʲəɾʲ/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /ˈl̠ʲɪtʲəɾʲ/

### Noun

litir f (genitive singular litreach or litre, nominative plural litreacha)
* letter (symbol in an alphabet)
* letter (written communication)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
litir
litreacha
vocative
a litir
a litreacha
genitive
litreach
litreacha
dative
litir litrigh (archaic, dialectal)
litreacha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an litir
na litreacha
genitive
na litreach
na litreacha
dative
leis an litir leis an litrigh (archaic, dialectal) don litir don litrigh (archaic, dialectal)
leis na litreacha :

#### Derived terms

* bloclitir f (“block letter”)
* ceannlitir f (“capital letter”)
* códlitir f (“code letter”)
* délitir f (“digraph”)
* fuarlitir an dlí f (“letter of the law”)
* imlitir f (“circular”)
* litirchárta m (“letter-card”)
* litirmheá f (“letter-scales”)
* litirphreas m (“letterpress”)
* litreoireacht f (“lettering”)
* litrigh (“spell”, verb)
* litriúil (“literal”)
* nasclitir f (“ligature”)
* tréadlitir f (“pastoral”)
* túslitir f (“initial”)

#### Related terms

* liteartha (“literary; literal”)
* litearthacht f (“literariness; literacy”)
* litrí m (“man of letters”)
* litritheoir m (“speller”)
* litriú m (“spelling, orthography”)

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “liter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 80, page 43
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 222, page 83

### Further reading

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

lìtir m
* (non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of lìt

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera.

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /ˈʎiʰtʲɪɾ/
* (Uist) IPA: /ˈʎihtʃɪɾʲ/
* (Barra) IPA: /ˈʎiçtʲɪɾʲ/
* (Tiree) IPA: [ˈʎiçtʲɪʂ]

### Noun

litir f (genitive singular litreach, plural litrichean)
* letter (epistle; character)

#### Derived terms

* bogsa-litrichean (“letter box”)
* dearbhair-litreachaidh (“spell checker”)
* litearra (“literate”)
* litearrachd (“literacy”)
* litir-leannanachd (“love letter”)
* litreachadh (“spelling”)
* litreachas (“literature”)
* litrich (“spell”, verb)
* toll-litrichean (“mail slot”)

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “liter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (2008) “'Bochanan modhail foghlaimte': Tiree Gaelic, lexicology and Glasgow's historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic”, in Scottish Gaelic Studies, volume 24, Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISSN, pages 473-523

### Further reading

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

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Rizal) IPA: /ˈlitiɾ/ [ˈliː.t̪ɪɾ]
* Rhymes: -itiɾ
* Syllabification: li‧tir

### Noun

litir (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆᜒᜇ᜔) (Rizal, informal)
* Alternative form of litid