eabhar

Irish

Alternative forms

éabhar

Etymology

From Old Irish ebur, from Latin ebur.

Noun

eabhar m or f (genitive singular eabhair or eabhra or eabhaire)

ivory

Declension

Declension of eabhar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	eabhar
Vocative	a eabhair
Genitive	eabhair
Dative	eabhar

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-eabhar
Genitive	an eabhair
Dative	leis an eabhar don eabhar

as feminine noun

Declension of eabhar

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	eabhar
Vocative	a eabhar
Genitive	eabhra
Dative	eabhar

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an eabhar
Genitive	na heabhra
Dative	leis an eabhar don eabhar

Declension of eabhar

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	eabhar
Vocative	a eabhar
Genitive	eabhaire
Dative	eabhar

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an eabhar
Genitive	na heabhaire
Dative	leis an eabhar don eabhar

Derived terms

An Cósta Eabhair m (“Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast”)
eabhairín m (“ivorine”)
eabhardhubh m (“ivory black”)
eabhartha (“ivory”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

"eabhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“ebur” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Entries containing “eabhar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “eabhar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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