adhbhar

Irish

Noun

adhbhar m (genitive singular adhbhair, nominative plural adhbhair)

  1. superseded spelling of ábhar (“matter, material”)
  2. superseded spelling of ábhar (“bed of rowlock”)

Declension

Declension of adhbhar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative adhbhar adhbhair
vocative a adhbhair a adhbhara
genitive adhbhair adhbhar
dative adhbhar adhbhair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-adhbhar na hadhbhair
genitive an adhbhair na n-adhbhar
dative leis an adhbhar
don adhbhar 		leis na hadhbhair

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhbhar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhbhar n-adhbhar hadhbhar t-adhbhar

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • aobhar

Etymology

From Old Irish adbar. Cognate with Manx oyr and Irish ábhar.

Pronunciation

Noun

adhbhar m (genitive singular adhbhair, plural adhbhairean)

  1. cause, reason
    adhbhar bròin ― a cause of grief
    Chan eil adhbhar gearain ann. ― There is no reason to complain.
    air an adhbhar sin ― for that reason, therefore
    gun adhbhar ― without reason
    Is mór m' adhbhar. ― Great is my reason.
    Thuit iad ann an deagh adhbhar. ― They fell in a good cause.
    adhbhar eagail ― cause of terror
    adhbhar gàire ― a laughing-stock
    adhbhar guil ― a cause for weeping
    adhbhar ministeir ― the prospective or probationary minister
  2. materials
    adhbhar còta ― materials for making a coat
    adhbhar bhròg ― materials for making shoes
    adhbhar taighe ― materials for making a house
    Tha adhbhar rìgh an Naoise. ― Naoise has the makings of a king in him.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of adhbhar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhbhar n-adhbhar h-adhbhar t-adhbhar

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

References

  1. ^ Jenny Ladefoged, Peter Ladefoged, Alice Turk, Kevin Hind (5 February 1996) “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive‎[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎[2], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
  5. ^ Roy Wentworth (2004) Rannsachadh air Fòn-eòlas Dualchainnt Ghàidhlig Gheàrrloch, Siorrachd Rois (Thesis)‎[3], Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “adhbhar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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