mearcair

See also: Mearcair

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Mercurius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲaɾˠkəɾʲ/

Noun

mearcair m (genitive singular mearcair)

1. mercury, quicksilver

Declension

Declension of mearcair (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative mearcair vocative a mhearcair genitive mearcair dative mearcair forms with the definite article singular nominative an mearcair genitive an mhearcair dative leis an mearcair don mhearcair

Synonyms

• airgead beo
• bíchearb

Mutation

Mutated forms of mearcair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mearcair	mhearcair	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mearcair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN