sméar

See also: smear

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish smér,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic smeur and Welsh mwyar.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠmʲia̯ɾˠ/^[2]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠmʲeːɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠmʲeːɾˠ/, [sˠmʲɛːɾˠ]^[3]

Noun

sméar f (genitive singular sméire, nominative plural sméara) or
sméar m (genitive singular sméir, nominative plural sméara)

blackberry

Declension

As a feminine noun:

Declension of sméar (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	sméar	sméara
vocative	a sméar	a sméara
genitive	sméire	sméar
dative	sméar	sméara

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an sméar	na sméara
genitive	na sméire	na sméar
dative	leis an sméar don sméar	leis na sméara

As a masculine noun:

Declension of sméar (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	sméar	sméara
vocative	a sméir	a sméara
genitive	sméir	sméar
dative	sméar	sméara

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an sméar	na sméara
genitive	an sméir	na sméar
dative	leis an sméar don sméar	leis na sméara

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 smér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 22, page 13
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 86, page 35

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sméar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 659
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sméar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sméar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“sméar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

[1] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 smér”, 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, § 22, page 13

[3] Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 86, page 35

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