ábhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• abhar (Munster)
• adhbhar (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈauɾˠ/, /ˈɑːvˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːwəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaːwəɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish adbar.

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

• ábhar greamaitheach
• ábharachas (“materialism”)
• ábharaí
• ábhartha
• amhábhar
• bithábhar
• clár ábhair
• dó-ábhar (“fuel”)
• fisic ábhair chomhdhlúite
• frithábhar
• meánábhar
• príomhábhar

 

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

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.

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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ábhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ábhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024