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

Declension of eagar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative eagar eagair Vocative a eagair a eagara Genitive eagair eagar Dative eagar eagair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-eagar na heagair Genitive an eagair na n-eagar Dative leis an eagar don eagar leis na heagair

Derived terms

• atheagar m (“rearrangement”)
• caomheagar m (“fine ornamentation”)
• cló-eagar m (“composition”)
• croseagar m (“chiasmus”)
• cuir eagar ar (“organize, edit”, verb)
• cuir in eagar (“organize, edit”, verb)
• eagair> (“arranged, ornamented”, adjective)
• eagarthóir m (“organizer, editor”)
• eagraí m (“organizer, organizer”)
• eagraigh> (“organize”, verb)
• fear eagair m (“organizer, editor”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ecor, ecar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eagar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 275
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eagar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN