ábhar

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈauɾˠ/, /ˈɑːvˠəɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɑːwəɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaːwəɾˠ/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish adbar.[2]

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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Noun

ábhar m (genitive singular ábhair, nominative plural ábhair)

  1. (nautical) bed of rowlock

Declension
Declension of ábhar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ábhar ábhair
Vocative a ábhair a ábhara
Genitive ábhair ábhar
Dative ábhar ábhair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ábhar na hábhair
Genitive an ábhair na n-ábhar
Dative leis an ábhar

don ábhar

 leis na hábhair

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ábhar n-ábhar hábhar t-ábhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 17, page 10
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “adbar”, 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. (1904) “áḋḃar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 5
  • Entries containing “ábhar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “ábhar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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