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labhras n.m.

[eDIL labras s.v. labral]

forms

singular

nominative

genitive

senses

  • I.1. The laurel or bay tree; a laurel or bay tree.  
    • 1883
      Gaelic Names of Plants 60
      L[aurus] nobilis — The laurel, the bay-tree […] Gaelic and Irish: labhras.
  • I.2. Laurel (leaves) as formed into a crown.  
    • 1873
      An Gaidheal II 79
      Tha ’n laibhreis gu h-uaine a’ crunadh an ard-fhlath, | Ach faic air a cul-thaobh, craobh dhuaichnidh a’ bhroin!
    • 1900
      Mac-Talla IX No. 4 3
      Ann an so, a rithisd, tha da dhuilleag far craoibh laibhreis (laurel tree). Tha iad seo a cur ’n am chuimhne a chrùin bhuain laibhreis sin a tha feitheamh, anns na Flathas, air gach aon a dh’ fhuilgeas le foighdinn agus umhlachd.
  • I.3. A representation of the laurel tree.  
    • 1924-5
      Trans. Gael. Soc. Inv. XXXII 48
      Plants and trees used as clan badges […] MacLaren—Labhras, Craobh labhrais, Laurel (Laurel nobilis).
  • II. As a modifier
  • II.1. With crann n.: the laurel or bay tree; a laurel or bay tree.  
  • II.2.a. With craobh n.: the laurel or bay tree; a laurel or bay tree.  
    • 1900
      Mac-Talla IX No. 4 3
      Ann an so, a rithisd, tha da dhuilleag far craoibh laibhreis (laurel tree).
  • II.2.b. A representation of the laurel tree.  
    • 1924-5
      Trans. Gael. Soc. Inv. XXXII 48
      Plants and trees used as clan badges […] MacLaren—Labhras, Craobh labhrais, Laurel (Laurel nobilis).
  • II.2.c. The wood of the laurel tree.  
    • 1977
      Sgial is Eachdraidh 137
      Cheannaich mi slat-iasgaich de’n chraoibh-laibhreis ’s an robh naoi troighean a dh’fhad, agus “Hardy Bros., Ltd., Alnwick, England”, air a ghràbhaladh air bann aig a bun.