meabhair
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish mebuir (“recollection, memory”), from Latin memoria.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /mʲauɾʲ/, [mʲɑ̃ɯ̯rʲ][1]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /mʲauɾʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /mʲoːrʲ/, [mʲõːrʲ][2]
Noun[edit]
meabhair f (genitive singular meabhrach)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- meabhairéalangach (“mental defective”)
- meabhairghalar (“mental illness”)
Mutation[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 31
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mebair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “meabhair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “meabhair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.