miosúr

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra (“a measuring, rule, something to measure by”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲɪˈsˠuːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɪsˠuːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɪsˠuɾˠ/

Noun

miosúr m (genitive singular miosúir, nominative plural miosúir)

1. measure (unspecified quantity or capacity; ruler, measuring stick)
2. tape measure, measuring tape

Declension

Declension of miosúr

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative miosúr miosúir Vocative a mhiosúir a mhiosúra Genitive miosúir miosúr Dative miosúr miosúir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an miosúr na miosúir Genitive an mhiosúir na miosúr Dative leis an miosúr don mhiosúr leis na miosúir

Derived terms

• as miosúr (“beyond measure, boundless; exceeding, immoderate, extraordinary”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “misúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “miosúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “miosúr”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “miosúr”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024