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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish magar.
Pronunciation
Noun
maghar m (genitive singular maghair, nominative plural maghair)
- fry (young fish)
- Synonyms: mioniasc, stuifín
- sprat (any of various small marine fish in the genus Sprattus)
- Synonyms: salán, stuifín
Declension
Further reading
- “maghar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “magar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “maġar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 456
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maghar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN