eiseamláir

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish eisimpláir, from Latin exemplar.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

eiseamláir f (genitive singular eiseamláire, nominative plural eiseamláirí) or
eiseamláir m (genitive singular eieseamlára, nominative plural eiseamláirí)

  1. example (something serving as a pattern of behaviour), object lesson
  2. exemplar (something fit to be imitated), pattern, illustration
  3. model (praiseworthy example), paragon
    eiseamláir na geanmnaíochtamodel of chastity

Declension[edit]

As a feminine second-declension noun:

As a masculine third-declension noun:

Related terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eiseamláir n-eiseamláir heiseamláir t-eiseamláir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 80

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