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# ler

«ler» in Mova's school dictionary: **not a usual English word on its own; it is most often a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

fragment (ler)

### meaning for a pupil

1) «Ler» is not a usual English word on its own; it is most often a piece of a longer word, for example the end of «butler», «sprinkler» or «tumbler». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ler/#m1)

2) (a name) Ler (Lir) is a sea god in old Irish stories; the tale of «The Children of Lir» is about his children turned into swans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ler/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In text it usually appears because a word was split; in Irish myths it is the name of the sea god, father of the swan children.

### examples

- The story «The Children of Lir» is an old Irish legend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ler/#x1)
- Lir's children were turned into swans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ler/#x2)
- In «butler», the last three letters are l-e-r. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ler/#x3)
- Some old books spell the sea god's name Ler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ler/#x4)
- Words like «sprinkler» end in -ler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ler/#x5)

### note

Not a full English word; check whether it is part of a longer word. As a name it takes a capital letter: Ler or Lir.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ler» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ler/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.