adhbhar

Irish

Noun

adhbhar m (genitive singular adhbhair, nominative plural adhbhair)

1. Superseded spelling of ábhar (“matter, material”).
2. Superseded spelling of ábhar (“bed of rowlock”).

Declension

Declension of adhbhar (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative adhbhar adhbhair vocative a adhbhair a adhbhara genitive adhbhair adhbhar dative adhbhar adhbhair forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-adhbhar na hadhbhair genitive an adhbhair na n-adhbhar dative leis an adhbhar don adhbhar leis na hadhbhair

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhbhar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhbhar	n-adhbhar	hadhbhar	t-adhbhar

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) “adhbhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• aobhar

Etymology

From Old Irish adbar. Cognate with Manx oyr and Irish ábhar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɤːvəɾ/
• (Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈɤː.əɾ/
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɤː.uɾ/

Noun

adhbhar m (genitive singular adhbhair, plural adhbhairean)

1. cause, reason

   adhbhar bròin ― a cause of grief

   Chan eil adhbhar gearain ann. ― There is no reason to complain.

   air an adhbhar sin ― for that reason, therefore

   gun adhbhar ― without reason

   Is mór m' adhbhar. ― Great is my reason.

   Thuit iad ann an deagh adhbhar. ― They fell in a good cause.

   adhbhar eagail ― cause of terror

   adhbhar gàire ― a laughing-stock

   adhbhar guil ― a cause for weeping

   adhbhar ministeir ― the prospective or probationary minister

2. materials

   adhbhar còta ― materials for making a coat

   adhbhar bhròg ― materials for making shoes

   adhbhar taighe ― materials for making a house

   Tha adhbhar rìgh an Naoise. ― Naoise has the makings of a king in him.

Derived terms

• adhbharach (“causal”, adjective)
• adhbharachas (“agnosticism”)
• adhbharaich (“cause”, verb)
• gun ì, gun ò, gun adhbhar (“without rhyme or reason”)
• neach-adhbharachais (“agnostic”, noun)

Mutation

Mutation of adhbhar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhbhar	n-adhbhar	h-adhbhar	t-adhbhar

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “adhbhar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN