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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish éburda, from ebur (“ivory”). By surface analysis, eabhar (“ivory”) + -tha (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
eabhartha
- ivory (of colour)
- Synonym: ar dhath an eabhair
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| eabhartha
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n-eabhartha
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heabhartha
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eabhartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “éburda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “eabhartha” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “eabhartha” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.