eagar

See also: Eagar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ecor, ecar (“arranging, disposing, setting in order”), verbal noun of in·cuirethar (“puts in, brings in, introduces, imposes”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɡəɾˠ/

Noun

eagar m (genitive singular eagair, nominative plural eagair)

  1. arrangement, order
  2. state, plight
  3. (literary) ornamental, artistic, arrangement; ornamentation

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
eagar n-eagar heagar t-eagar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “ecor, ecar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “eagar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "eagar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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