eabhartha
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish éburda, from ebur (“ivory”). By surface analysis, eabhar (“ivory”) + -tha (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
eabhartha
- ivory (of colour)
- Synonym: ar dhath an eabhair
Related terms edit
- dath an eabhair m (“ivory”) (colour)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eabhartha | n-eabhartha | heabhartha | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eabhartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “éburda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “eabhartha” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “eabhartha” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.