meabhair
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish mebuir (“recollection, memory”), from Latin memoria.
Pronunciation
Noun
meabhair f (genitive singular meabhrach)
- mind, memory
- intelligence, intellect; power of thought; attention
- consciousness, awareness
- mind, reason
- sensation, feeling
- sense, meaning
- mind, intention
Declension
Declension of meabhair
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- meabhairéalangach (“mental defective”)
- meabhairghalar (“mental illness”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “awareness”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “consciousness”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “intellect”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “mind”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “reason”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mebair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meabhair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “meabhair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024