eiseamláir
Irish
Alternative forms
- eisiomláir, eisiompláir
Etymology
From Middle Irish eisimpláir, from Latin exemplar.
Noun
eiseamláir f (genitive singular eiseamláire, nominative plural eiseamláirí) or
eiseamláir m (genitive singular eieseamlára, nominative plural eiseamláirí)
- example (something serving as a pattern of behaviour), object lesson
- exemplar (something fit to be imitated), pattern, illustration
- model (praiseworthy example), paragon
- eiseamláir na geanmnaíochta ― model of chastity
Declension
As a feminine second-declension noun:
Declension of eiseamláir
Second declension
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As a masculine third-declension noun:
Declension of eiseamláir
Third declension
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Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| 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
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 80
Further reading
- “eiseamláir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “eisim(p)láir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eisiompláir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 286
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eiseamláir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 80
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