mótar

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See also: motar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor.

Noun

mótar m (genitive singular mótair, nominative plural mótair)

Declension

Declension of mótar (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	mótar	mótair
vocative	a mhótair	a mhótara
genitive	mótair	mótar
dative	mótar	mótair

forms with the definite article
case	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.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mótar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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