meabhair

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish mebuir (recollection, memory), from Latin memoria.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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meabhair f (genitive singular meabhrach)

  1. mind, sense
  2. intellect, reason, intelligence
  3. sanity

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
meabhair mheabhair not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mebair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 202, page 102
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65

Further reading

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