eagar

See also: Eagar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ecor, ecar (“arranging, disposing, setting in order”), verbal noun of in·cuirethar (“puts in, brings in, introduces, imposes”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɡəɾˠ/

Noun

eagar m (genitive singular eagair, nominative plural eagair)

arrangement, order
state, plight
(literary) ornamental, artistic, arrangement; ornamentation

Declension

Declension of eagar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eagar	eagair
Vocative	a eagair	a eagara
Genitive	eagair	eagar
Dative	eagar	eagair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-eagar	na heagair
Genitive	an eagair	na n-eagar
Dative	leis an eagar don eagar	leis na heagair

Derived terms

atheagar m (“rearrangement”)
caomheagar m (“fine ornamentation”)
cló-eagar m (“composition”)
croseagar m (“chiasmus”)
cuir eagar ar (“organize, edit”, verb)
cuir in eagar (“organize, edit”, verb)
eagair> (“arranged, ornamented”, adjective)
eagarthóir m (“organizer, editor”)
eagraí m (“organizer, organizer”)
eagraigh> (“organize”, verb)
fear eagair m (“organizer, editor”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eagar	n-eagar	heagar	t-eagar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ecor, ecar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eagar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 275
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eagar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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