meara

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See also: Meara, méara, and meará

Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

meara

  1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of mear

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
meara mheara not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hebrew מְעָרָה (me'ara).

Noun

meara f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מערה)

  1. cave

Further reading

  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “meʿará”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “meará”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 353
  • Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “meara”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 245

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmea̯ra/

Noun

meara

  1. accusative/genitive singular of mearra

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

mēara

  1. genitive plural of mearh

Portuguese

Verb

meara

  1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of mear

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈaɾa/
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: me‧a‧ra

Verb

meara

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of mear