mótar

See also: motar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor.

Noun

mótar m (genitive singular mótair, nominative plural mótair)

  1. motor
  2. motorcar

Declension

Declension of mótar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative mótar mótair
vocative a mhótair a mhótara
genitive mótair mótar
dative mótar mótair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mótar na mótair
genitive an mhótair na mótar
dative leis an mótar
don mhótar
leis na mótair

Derived terms

  • aonad mótair (motor unit)
  • bád mótair (motor boat)
  • bóthar mótair (motor-road)
  • feithicil mhótair (motor vehicle)
  • leoraí mótair (motor lorry)
  • mótar ceathairbhuilleach (four-stroke motor)
  • mótarach (motor, adjective)
  • mótaraigh (motorize, verb)
  • mótarbhealach (motorway, autoroute)
  • mótarbhuailteoir (motor thresher)
  • mótarbhus (motor bus)
  • mótarchóiste (motor coach)
  • mótarghineadóir (motor generator)
  • mótarghluaiste (motor-driven, adjective)
  • mótarscuadrún (motor squadron)
  • mótartharracóir (motor tractor)
  • mótarthrúpa (motor troop)
  • rothar mótair (motorized bicycle)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mótar
radical lenition eclipsis
mótar mhótar not applicable

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

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