ionar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish inar.

Noun

ionar m (genitive singular ionair, nominative plural ionair)

1. tunic
2. vest, jerkin
3. (anatomy) membrane
4. (botany) integument, layer

Declension

Declension of inar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative inar inair Vocative a inair a inara Genitive inair inar Dative inar inair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-inar na hinair Genitive an inair na n-inar Dative leis an inar don inar leis na hinair

Derived terms

• ionarbhréid m (“mantle”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ionar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “inar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language