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  • adhbhar (superseded)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, 2013–2025
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