úar

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See also: uar, UAR, uår, and u'ar

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”).

Pronunciation

Noun

úar f

  1. hour, time, occasion
    • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
      I n‑oen uair dana tancatar ocus techta Conchobair mic Nessa do chungid in chon chetna.
      At the same time, then, messengers came also from Conchobar Mac Nessa to ask for the same dog.

Inflection

Descendants

  • Irish: uair
  • Manx: oor
  • Scottish Gaelic: uair

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
úar unchanged n-úar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Welsh oer), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)).

Adjective

úar

  1. cold
Inflection
o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative úar úar úar
Vocative úair*
úar**
Accusative úar úair
Genitive úair úaire úair
Dative úar úair úar
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative úair úara
Vocative úaru
úara†
Accusative úaru
úara†
Genitive úar
Dative úaraib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”).

Noun

úar f

  1. hour, time, occasion
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative úarL úairL úaraH
Vocative úarL úairL úaraH
Accusative úairN úairL úaraH
Genitive úaireH úarL úarN
Dative úairL úaraib úaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Alternative forms
Synonyms
Descendants

Further reading

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
úar
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-úar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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