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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish ecor, ecar (“arranging, disposing, setting in order”), verbal noun of in·cuirethar (“puts in, brings in, introduces, imposes”).
Pronunciation
Noun
eagar m (genitive singular eagair, nominative plural eagair)
- arrangement, order
- state, plight
- (literary) ornamental, artistic, arrangement; ornamentation
Declension
Derived terms
- atheagar m (“rearrangement”)
- caomheagar m (“fine ornamentation”)
- cló-eagar m (“composition”)
- croseagar m (“chiasmus”)
- cuir eagar ar (“organize, edit”, verb)
- cuir in eagar (“organize, edit”, verb)
- eagair> (“arranged, ornamented”, adjective)
- eagarthóir m (“organizer, editor”)
- eagraí m (“organizer, organizer”)
- eagraigh> (“organize”, verb)
- fear eagair m (“organizer, editor”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| eagar
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n-eagar
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heagar
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t-eagar
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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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ecor, ecar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eagar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 275
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eagar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN