meidhir
Irish
Alternative forms
- meadhar
Etymology
From Old Irish medar.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲəirʲ/, [mʲëirʲ]
Noun
meidhir f (genitive singular meidhre)
- gaiety, hilarity, joviality, mirth
- merriment
- pleasantry
Declension
Declension of meidhir
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
meidhir | mheidhir | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “meidhir” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 medar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “meiḋir” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 478.
- "meidhir" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 13