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)

  1. arrangement, order
  2. state, plight
  3. (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; reorganization; recension”)
  • cló-eagar m (“composition”)
  • croseagar m (“chiasmus”)
  • cuir eagar ar, cuir in eagar (“organize, edit”, verb)
  • eagair (“arranged, orderly, regular; ornamented, inlaid, wrought”, adjective)
  • eagarthóir m (“organizer, editor”)
  • eagraí (“organize”)
  • eagraigh (“organize”, verb)
  • fear eagair m (“organizer, editor”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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.

References
  • “ecor, ecar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “eagar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "eagar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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