iaguar

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese jaguar, from either Guaraní jaguarete or Old Tupi jaguara.

Pronunciation

Noun

iaguar m (genitive singular iaguair, nominative plural iaguair)

  1. jaguar

Declension

Declension of iaguar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iaguar iaguair
Vocative a iaguair a iaguara
Genitive iaguair iaguar
Dative iaguar iaguair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-iaguar na hiaguair
Genitive an iaguair na n-iaguar
Dative leis an iaguar

don iaguar

leis na hiaguair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iaguar n-iaguar hiaguar t-iaguar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “jaguar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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