abhras

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish abras (“gesture, action, handiwork, yarn-spinning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəuɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

abhras m (genitive singular abhrais)

1. handiwork (carding, spinning, etc.)
2. yarn

   Synonym: snáth

   1. gainful work; benefit, product
   2. material, substance

Declension

Declension of abhras (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative abhras vocative a abhrais genitive abhrais dative abhras forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-abhras genitive an abhrais dative leis an abhras don abhras

Derived terms

• abhraiseach, bean abhrais (“spinner”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of abhras

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abhras	n-abhras	habhras	t-abhras

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) “abhras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “abras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhras”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “abhras”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024