adhbhar

Irish

Noun

adhbhar m (genitive singular adhbhair, nominative plural adhbhair)

Superseded spelling of ábhar (“matter, material”).
Superseded spelling of ábhar (“bed of rowlock”).

Declension

Declension of adhbhar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adhbhar	adhbhair
Vocative	a adhbhair	a adhbhara
Genitive	adhbhair	adhbhar
Dative	adhbhar	adhbhair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-adhbhar	na hadhbhair
Genitive	an adhbhair	na n-adhbhar
Dative	leis an adhbhar don adhbhar	leis na hadhbhair

Mutation

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

Further reading

"adhbhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

aobhar

Etymology

From Old Irish adbar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɤːvəɾ/

Noun

adhbhar m (genitive singular adhbhair, plural adhbhairean)

cause, reason
adhbhar bròin ― a cause of grief

Chan eil adhbhar gearain ann. ― There is no reason to complain.

air an adhbhar sin ― for that reason, therefore

gun adhbhar ― without reason

Is mór m' adhbhar. ― Great is my reason.

Thuit iad ann an deagh adhbhar. ― They fell in a good cause.

adhbhar eagail ― cause of terror

adhbhar gàire ― a laughing-stock

adhbhar guil ― a cause for weeping

adhbhar ministeir ― the prospective or probationary minister

Tha adhbhar rìgh an Naoise. ― Naoise has the makings of a king in him.
materials
adhbhar còta ― materials for making a coat

adhbhar bhròg ― materials for making shoes

adhbhar taighe ― materials for making a house

Derived terms

adhbharach (“causal”, adjective)
adhbharachas (“agnosticism”)
adhbharaich (“cause”, verb)
neach-adhbharachais (“agnostic”, noun)

Mutation

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

Further reading

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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