méara

See also: meara, Meara, and meará

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French maire.

Noun

méara m (genitive singular méara, nominative plural méaraí)

1. mayor

Declension

Declension of méara

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative méara méaraí Vocative a mhéara a mhéaraí Genitive méara méaraí Dative méara méaraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an méara na méaraí Genitive an mhéara na méaraí Dative leis an méara don mhéara leis na méaraí

Derived terms

• Ardmhéara (“Lord Mayor”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “méara”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

méara f pl

1. nominative/dative plural of méar (“finger, toe”)

Etymology 3

Adjective

méara

1. Ulster form of méanar

Mutation

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