sméar

See also: smear

Irish

sméara

Etymology

From Middle Irish smér, from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic smeur and Welsh mwyar.

Pronunciation

  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /sˠmʲiaɾˠ/[1]
  • IPA(key): /sˠmʲeːɾˠ/

Noun

sméar f (genitive singular sméire, nominative plural sméara) or
sméar m (genitive singular sméir, nominative plural sméara)

  1. blackberry

Declension

As a feminine noun:

As a masculine noun:

References

  1. M. L. Sjoestedt, 1931, Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, p. 13.

Further reading

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