inar

See also: inár

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɪnˠəɾˠ/

Particle

inar (form used before non-past tenses ina) (used before a past tense; triggers lenition of a following consonant except in the autonomous form)

in which/whom
an fear inar chuir mé muinín
the man in whom I trusted

an tír inar táirgeadh é
the country in which it was made

Particle

inar (form used before a vowel in the present/future inarb, form used before a vowel in the past/conditional inarbh) (used before a consonant sound; triggers lenition in the past/conditional)

in which/whom is
an seomra inar mian liom codladh
the room in which I want to sleep
in which/whom was/would be
an tír inar mhaith liom bheith i mo chónaí
the country in which I would like to live

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Simple copular forms

Present/future
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	is	ní	an	nach
Direct relative clauses	is	nach
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arb^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurb^v		an	nach
Past/conditional
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Direct relative clauses	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arbh^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Present subjunctive
	Affirmative	Negative
	gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v

Compound copular forms

Base word	Present/future	Past/conditional
cá	cár, cárb^v	cár, cárbh^v
cé	cér, cérb^v	cér, cérbh^v
dá		dá mba, dá mb’^v
de/do	dar, darb^v	dar, darbh^v
faoi	faoinar, faoinarb^v	faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i	inar, inarb^v	inar, inarbh^v
le	lenar, lenarb^v	lenar, lenarbh^v
má	más	má ba, má b’^v
mura	mura, murab^v	murar, murarbh^v
ó (prep.)	ónar, ónarb^v	ónar, ónarbh^v
ó (conj.)	ós	ó ba, ó b’^v
trí	trínar, trínarb^v	trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

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Irish copular forms

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Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
Basic form	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded, det	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod, dot	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id, it	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led, let	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód, ót	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.

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Etymology

From in +‎ -ar or possibly from Latin līnārius.

Noun

inar m (plural inari)

(archaic) one who cultivates or sells flax

Declension

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	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	inar	inarul	inari	inarii
genitive-dative	inar	inarului	inari	inarilor
vocative	inarule		inarilor

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Verb

inar

present indicative of ina

Anagrams

Iran, rian

Alternative forms

inár

Etymology

Cognate with Gamilaraay yinarr.

Noun

inar

woman

inar

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