mótar

See also: motar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor.

Noun

mótar m (genitive singular mótair, nominative plural mótair)

Declension

Declension of mótar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mótar	mótair
Vocative	a mhótair	a mhótara
Genitive	mótair	mótar
Dative	mótar	mótair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an mótar	na mótair
Genitive	an mhótair	na mótar
Dative	leis an mótar don mhótar	leis na mótair

Derived terms

Terms derived from mótar

aonad mótair (“motor unit”)
bád mótair (“motor boat”)
bóthar mótair (“motor-road”)
feithicil mhótair (“motor vehicle”)
leoraí mótair (“motor lorry”)
mótarach (“motor”, adjective)

mótaraigh (“motorize”, verb)
mótarbhealach (“motorway, autoroute”)
mótarbhuailteoir (“motor thresher”)
mótarbhus (“motor bus”)
mótar ceathairbhuilleach (“four-stroke motor”)
mótarchóiste (“motor coach”)

mótarghineadóir (“motor generator”)
mótarghluaiste (“motor-driven”, adjective)
mótarscuadrún (“motor squadron”)
mótartharracóir (“motor tractor”)
mótarthrúpa (“motor troop”)
rothar mótair (“motorized bicycle”)

Mutation

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

References

"mótar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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