meabhair
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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish mebuir (“recollection, memory”), from Latin memoria.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /mʲauɾʲ/, /ˈmʲawəɾʲ/[2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /mʲauɾʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /mʲoːɾʲ/, [mʲõːɾʲ][3]
Noun
meabhair f (genitive singular meabhrach)
Declension
Declension of meabhair
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- meabhairéalangach (“mental defective”)
- meabhairghalar (“mental illness”)
- neamh-mheabhair (“forgetfulness”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
meabhair | mheabhair | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mebair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 202, page 102
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meabhair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “meabhair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024