muirear
Irish
FWOTD – 13 September 2022
Etymology
From Middle Irish muirer, mairer.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmˠɪɾʲəɾˠ/
Noun
muirear m (genitive singular muirir, nominative plural muirir)
- charge, burden
- a family that one must provide for; dependents
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193:
- D’fhág sé a thigh is a áit agus a chuid saidhbhris ag Máire, mar ní raibh aoinne eile muirir air.
- He left his house and holding and his wealth to Mary, because he had no other dependents.
Declension
Declension of muirear
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| muirear | mhuirear | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “muirer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “muirear”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 501
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muirear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “muirear” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “muirear” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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