muirear

Irish

FWOTD – 13 September 2022

Etymology

From Middle Irish muirer, mairer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪɾʲəɾˠ/

Noun

muirear m (genitive singular muirir, nominative plural muirir)

1. charge, burden
2. a family that one must provide for; dependents
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193:

     D’fhág sé a thigh is a áit agus a chuid saidhbhris ag Máire, mar ní raibh aoinne eile muirir air.

     He left his house and holding and his wealth to Mary, because he had no other dependents.

Declension

Declension of muirear

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative muirear muirir Vocative a mhuirir a mhuireara Genitive muirir muirear Dative muirear muirir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an muirear na muirir Genitive an mhuirir na muirear Dative leis an muirear don mhuirear leis na muirir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
muirear	mhuirear	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “muirear”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 501
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muirear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “muirear”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “muirear”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024