meabhair

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʲəuɾʲ/

Noun

meabhair f (genitive singular meabhrach)

  1. mind, memory
  2. intelligence, intellect; power of thought; attention
  3. consciousness, awareness
  4. mind, reason
  5. sensation, feeling
  6. sense, meaning
  7. mind, intention

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

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.

Further reading

  • "meabhair" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “awareness” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “consciousness” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “intellect” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “mind” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “reason” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “mebair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “meabhair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “meabhair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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