ábhar

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish adbar.[11] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic adhbhar and Manx oyr.

    Alternative forms

    • abhar (Munster, in the sense “cause, matter”; distinguished from ábhar (“some, few, a certain amount”))
    • adhbhar (superseded)

    Noun

    ábhar m (genitive singular ábhair, nominative plural ábhair)

    1. matter, material
    2. makings, potential qualities
    3. cause, reason
    4. subject, topic
    5. object
    6. matter, pus
    7. (Munster) some, few, a certain amount
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      From Middle Irish ábur, from Old Norse háborur (“rowlocks”)[12]

      Alternative forms

      • ádhbhar (influenced by etymology 1)

      Noun

      ábhar m (genitive singular ábhair, nominative plural ábhair)

      1. (nautical) the part of an oar that fits into its berth; bed of a rowlock

      Declension

      Declension of ábhar (first declension)
      bare forms
      singular plural
      nominative ábhar ábhair
      vocative a ábhair a ábhara
      genitive ábhair ábhar
      dative ábhar ábhair
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an t-ábhar na hábhair
      genitive an ábhair na n-ábhar
      dative leis an ábhar
      don ábhar       		leis na hábhair

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of ábhar
      radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
      ábhar n-ábhar hábhar t-ábhar

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      References

      References
      1. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947), The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 121, page 25
      2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 349, page 110; reprinted 1988
      3. ^ Dillon, Myles; Donncha Ó Cróinín (1961), Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, England: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 212
      4. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 173, page 87
      5. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 495, page 243
      6. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977), Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 296
      7. ^ Ó Máille, T. S. (1974), Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Irish University Press, →ISBN, page 1
      8. ^ Stockman, Gerard (1974), The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 38, page 4
      9. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 185, page 43
      10. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 17, page 10
      11. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adbar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
      12. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ábur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

      Further reading

      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ábhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
      • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “aḋḃar (cause, material); áḋḃar (rowlock)”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 7; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
      • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “ábhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
      • “ábhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
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