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)

1. 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ebur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• 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.