meafar

Irish

Etymology

Presumably contracted from English metaphor, from Middle French metaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορᾱ́ (metaphorā́). Not listed in the Dictionary of the Irish Language, the Historical Irish Corpus or Dinneen’s dictionary, suggesting it may not be older than the mid-20th century.

Noun

meafar m (genitive singular meafair, nominative plural meafair)

  1. metaphor

Declension

Declension of meafar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative meafar meafair
vocative a mheafair a mheafara
genitive meafair meafar
dative meafar meafair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an meafar na meafair
genitive an mheafair na meafar
dative leis an meafar
don mheafar 		leis na meafair

Derived terms

  • meafar measctha (“mixed metaphor”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of meafar
radical lenition eclipsis
meafar mheafar not applicable

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

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