mebair

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish mebuir, from Latin memoria.

Noun

mebair f (genitive mebra)

  1. recollection, memory

Descendants

  • Irish: meabhair
  • Scottish Gaelic: meomhair

Mutation

Mutation of mebair
radical lenition nasalization
mebair
also mmebair after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		mebair
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged

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

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