eagar

See also: Eagar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ecor (“arranging”), verbal noun of in·cuirethar (“to put in”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡəɾˠ/

Noun

eagar m (genitive singular eagair, nominative plural eagair)

1. arrangement, order

Declension

Declension of eagar (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative eagar eagair vocative a eagair a eagara genitive eagair eagar dative eagar eagair forms with the definite article 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 (“to organize, edit”)
• cuir in eagar (“to organize, edit”)
• eagarfhocal m (“editorial”)
• eagarthóir m (“organizer, editor”)
• eagraí m (“organizer, organizer”)
• eagraigh (“to organize”)
• fear eagair m (“organizer, editor”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eagar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eagar	n-eagar	heagar	t-eagar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• 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