údar

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See also: udar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ugtar, from Old Irish áugtor, from Latin auctor.

Pronunciation

Noun

údar m (genitive singular údair, nominative plural údair)

  1. author, originator
  2. source, origin
    Synonym: cúis
  3. story behind a song
  4. author, writer
  5. authority, expert
  6. authority, reliable evidence
  7. cause, reason
    fáth
  8. grounds
  9. makings (necessary ingredients)

Declension

Declension of údar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative údar údair
Vocative a údair a údara
Genitive údair údar
Dative údar údair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-údar na húdair
Genitive an údair na n-údar
Dative leis an údar

don údar

leis na húdair

Derived terms

  • banúdar (“authoress, female author”)
  • bunúdar (“original author; prime mover; primary authority; root cause”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
údar n-údar húdar t-údar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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