mótar

See also: motar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor.

Noun

mótar m (genitive singular mótair, nominative plural mótair)

1. motor
2. motorcar

Declension

Declension of mótar (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative mótar mótair vocative a mhótair a mhótara genitive mótair mótar dative mótar mótair forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an mótar na mótair genitive an mhótair na mótar dative leis an mótar don mhótar leis na mótair

Derived terms

• aonad mótair (“motor unit”)
• bád mótair (“motor boat”)
• bóthar mótair (“motor-road”)
• feithicil mhótair (“motor vehicle”)
• leoraí mótair (“motor lorry”)
• mótar ceathairbhuilleach (“four-stroke motor”)
• mótarach (“motor”, adjective)
• mótaraigh (“motorize”, verb)
• mótarbhealach (“motorway, autoroute”)
• mótarbhuailteoir (“motor thresher”)
• mótarbhus (“motor bus”)
• mótarchóiste (“motor coach”)
• mótarghineadóir (“motor generator”)
• mótarghluaiste (“motor-driven”, adjective)
• mótarscuadrún (“motor squadron”)
• mótartharracóir (“motor tractor”)
• mótarthrúpa (“motor troop”)
• rothar mótair (“motorized bicycle”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mótar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mótar	mhótar	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mótar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN