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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish mebuir (“recollection, memory”), from Latin memoria.
Pronunciation
Noun
meabhair f (genitive singular meabhrach)
- mind, sense
- intellect, reason, intelligence
- sanity
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| meabhair
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mheabhair
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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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References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mebair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “meabhair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “meabhair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.