méar

See also: mear

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish mér, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Cognates include Latin macer, Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós), Old English mæger, and Scottish Gaelic meur.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʲeːɾˠ/

Noun

méar f or m (genitive singular méire, nominative plural méara)

  1. (anatomy) digit; finger, toe
    1. (nautical) belaying pin
  2. leg (of crustaceans, mollusks, etc.)

Declension
Declension of méar

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative méar méara
Vocative a mhéar a mhéara
Genitive méire méar
Dative méar
méir (archaic, dialectal)		 méara

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhéar na méara
Genitive na méire na méar
Dative leis an méar
leis an méir (archaic, dialectal)

don mhéar
don mhéir (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na méara

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • an mhéar fhada, mhéar láir, mhéar mheáin (“the middle finger”)
  • an mhéar thosaigh, mhéar cholbha (“the forefinger, index finger”)
  • cúig mhéar Mhuire (“creeping cinquefoil”)
  • méara (“fluting”)
  • méara ime, méara maide (“butter-fingers”)
  • méara mara (“Alcyonium palmatum”)
  • méara Muire (“lady's-fingers”)
  • méar an fháinne (“the ring-finger”)
  • méar bheag (“little finger, pinkie”)
  • méar eolais (“finger-post”)
  • méaróg (“fingerstone, pebble; fingerlike object; neat little girl, saucy girl”)
  • na cúig méara (“starfish; the five of trumps”)
  • lúidín m, lúideog f (“little finger”)
  • ordóg f (“thumb; claw, pincers; bit, piece, fragment”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
méar mhéar not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "méar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 mér” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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