ábhar

Irish

Alternative forms

abhar (Munster)
adhbhar (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːvˠəɾˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːwəɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæːwəɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish adbar.

Noun

ábhar m (genitive singular ábhair, nominative plural ábhair)

Derived terms

Derived terms

ábharachas (“materialism”)
ábharaí (“materialist”)
ábhar greamaitheach (“adhesive”)

ábhartha (“material; relevant”, adjective)
amhábhar (“raw material, staple”)
clár ábhair (“table of contents”)

dó-ábhar (“fuel”)
fisic ábhair chomhdhlúite (“condensed matter physics”)
frithábhar (“antibody”)

meánábhar (“intervening substance, medium”)
príomhábhar (“major”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ábhar m (genitive singular ábhair, nominative plural ábhair)

(nautical) bed of rowlock

Declension

Declension of ábhar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ábhar	ábhair
Vocative	a ábhair	a ábhara
Genitive	ábhair	ábhar
Dative	ábhar	ábhair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-ábhar	na hábhair
Genitive	an ábhair	na n-ábhar
Dative	leis an ábhar don ábhar	leis na hábhair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ábhar	n-ábhar	hábhar	t-ábhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"ábhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“adbar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“aḋḃar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10, § 17.
Entries containing “ábhar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “ábhar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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