méar

See also: mear

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish mér[1] (whence also Scottish Gaelic meur), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognates include Latin macer, Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós), and Old English mæger.

Pronunciation

Noun

méar f or m (genitive singular méire, nominative plural méara or méireasta)

  1. (anatomy) digit; finger, toe
  2. (nautical) belaying pin
  3. leg (of crustaceans, mollusks, etc.)

Declension

Declension of méar (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative méar méara
vocative a mhéar a mhéara
genitive méire méar
dative méar
méir (archaic, dialectal) 		méara
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mhéar na méara
genitive na méire na méar
dative leis an méar
leis an méir (archaic, dialectal)
don mhéar
don mhéir (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na méara

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 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

  • lúidín m, lúideog f (“little finger”)
  • ordóg f (“thumb; claw, pincers; bit, piece, fragment”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of méar
radical lenition eclipsis
méar mhéar not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 230, page 116
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 86, page 35
  4. ^ “méireasta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  5. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “méar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 727; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN

Further reading

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