maghar

Irish

Alternative forms

• maor

Etymology

From Old Irish magar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠəiɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠeːɾˠ/, (older) /mˠɤːɾˠ/

Noun

maghar m (genitive singular maghair, nominative plural maghair)

1. fry (young fish)

   Synonyms: mioniasc, stuifín

2. sprat (any of various small marine fish in the genus Sprattus)

   Synonyms: salán, stuifín

Declension

Declension of maghar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative maghar maghair vocative a mhaghair a mhaghara genitive maghair maghar dative maghar maghair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an maghar na maghair genitive an mhaghair na maghar dative leis an maghar don mhaghar leis na maghair

Further reading

• “maghar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “magar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “maġar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 456
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maghar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN