maghar

Irish

Alternative forms

maor

Etymology

From Old Irish magar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mˠəiɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠeːɾˠ/, (older) /mˠɤːɾˠ/

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

Declension of maghar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maghar	maghair
Vocative	a mhaghair	a mhaghara
Genitive	maghair	maghar
Dative	maghar	maghair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an maghar	na maghair
Genitive	an mhaghair	na maghar
Dative	leis an maghar don mhaghar	leis na maghair

Further reading

“maghar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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

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