mótar

See also: motar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor.

Noun

mótar m (genitive singular mótair, nominative plural mótair)

1. motor
2. motorcar

Declension

Declension of mótar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative mótar mótair Vocative a mhótair a mhótara Genitive mótair mótar Dative mótar mótair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mótar na mótair Genitive an mhótair na mótar Dative leis an mótar don mhótar leis na mótair

Derived terms

• aonad mótair (“motor unit”)
• bád mótair (“motor boat”)
• bóthar mótair (“motor-road”)
• feithicil mhótair (“motor vehicle”)
• leoraí mótair (“motor lorry”)
• mótar ceathairbhuilleach (“four-stroke motor”)
• mótarach (“motor”, adjective)
• mótaraigh (“motorize”, verb)
• mótarbhealach (“motorway, autoroute”)
• mótarbhuailteoir (“motor thresher”)
• mótarbhus (“motor bus”)
• mótarchóiste (“motor coach”)
• mótarghineadóir (“motor generator”)
• mótarghluaiste (“motor-driven”, adjective)
• mótarscuadrún (“motor squadron”)
• mótartharracóir (“motor tractor”)
• mótarthrúpa (“motor troop”)
• rothar mótair (“motorized bicycle”)

 

Mutation

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

References

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