meabhair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mebuir (“recollection, memory”), from Latin memoria.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲauɾʲ/, /ˈmʲawəɾʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /mʲauɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mʲoːɾʲ/, [mʲõːɾʲ]

Noun

meabhair f (genitive singular meabhrach)

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

Declension

Declension of meabhair (fifth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative meabhair vocative a mheabhair genitive meabhrach dative meabhair meabhraigh (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mheabhair genitive na meabhrach dative leis an meabhair leis an meabhraigh (archaic, dialectal) don mheabhair don mheabhraigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

• meabhairéalangach (“mental defective”)
• meabhairghalar (“mental illness”)
• neamh-mheabhair (“forgetfulness”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of meabhair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meabhair	mheabhair	not applicable

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) “meabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meabhair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meabhair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024