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mótar

mótar

See also: motar

Irish

Noun

mótar m ‎(genitive singular mótair, nominative plural mótair)

Declension

Declension of mótar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mótar	mótair
Vocative	a mhótair	a mhótara
Genitive	mótair	mótar
Dative	mótar	mótair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an mótar	na mótair
Genitive	an mhótair	na mótar
Dative	leis an mótar don mhótar	leis na mótair

Derived terms

Terms derived from mótar

aonad mótair ‎(“motor unit”)
bád mótair ‎(“motor boat”)
bóthar mótair ‎(“motor-road”)
feithicil mhótair ‎(“motor vehicle”)
leoraí mótair ‎(“motor lorry”)
mótarach ‎(“motor”, adjective)

mótaraigh ‎(“motorize”, verb)
mótarbhealach ‎(“motorway, autoroute”)
mótarbhuailteoir ‎(“motor thresher”)
mótarbhus ‎(“motor bus”)
mótar ceathairbhuilleach ‎(“four-stroke motor”)
mótarchóiste ‎(“motor coach”)

mótarghineadóir ‎(“motor generator”)
mótarghluaiste ‎(“motor-driven”, adjective)
mótarscuadrún ‎(“motor squadron”)
mótartharracóir ‎(“motor tractor”)
mótarthrúpa ‎(“motor troop”)
rothar mótair ‎(“motorized bicycle”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mótar	mhótar	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"mótar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.