eiseamláir

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish eisimpláir, from Latin exemplar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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As a feminine second-declension noun:

Declension of eiseamláir (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative eiseamláir eiseamláirí
vocative a eiseamláir a eiseamláirí
genitive eiseamláire eiseamláirí
dative eiseamláir eiseamláirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an eiseamláir na heiseamláirí
genitive na heiseamláire na n-eiseamláirí
dative leis an eiseamláir
don eiseamláir
leis na heiseamláirí

As a masculine third-declension noun:

Declension of eiseamláir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative eiseamláir eiseamláirí
vocative a eiseamláir a eiseamláirí
genitive eiseamlára eiseamláirí
dative eiseamláir eiseamláirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-eiseamláir na heiseamláirí
genitive an eiseamlára na n-eiseamláirí
dative leis an eiseamláir
don eiseamláir
leis na heiseamláirí
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of eiseamláir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eiseamláir n-eiseamláir heiseamláir t-eiseamláir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

Further reading

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