méar
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See also: mear
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- méir (Cois Fharraige)
- meur (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish mér (whence also Scottish Gaelic meur), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognates include Latin macer, Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós), and Old English mæger.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
méar f or m (genitive singular méire, nominative plural méara)
Declension[edit]
Declension of méar
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms[edit]
- (finger): méar threorach
- (toe): méar coise
Derived terms[edit]
- cúig méara (“starfish; five of trumps”)
- cúig mhéar Mhuire (“creeping cinquefoil”)
- méar an fháinne (“ring finger”)
- méar bheag (“pinkie”)
- méar cholbha (“forefinger”)
- méar coise (“toe”)
- méar eolais (“finger-post”)
- méar fhada (“middle finger”)
- méar láir (“middle finger”)
- méar mheáin (“middle finger”)
- méar thosaigh (“forefinger”)
- méar threorach (“finger”)
- méara (“fluting”)
- méara ime (“butterfingers”)
- méara maide (“butterfingers”)
- méara mara (“Alcyonium palmatum”)
- méara Muire (“lady's-fingers”)
- méaróg (“fingerstone”)
See also[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
méar | mhéar | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “méar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 116
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