adharc

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish adarc, aiderc (“horn”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

adharc f (genitive singular adhairce, nominative plural adharca)

  1. horn (of animal), antlers
  2. horn material (substance from which horns are made)
  3. horn, feeler
  4. horn vessel, drinking horn
  5. peak
  6. (music) horn, trumpet
  7. horn (of vehicle); buzzer (in factory, etc.)
  8. erection (of penis)

Declension

Declension of adharc (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative adharc adharca
vocative a adharc a adharca
genitive adhairce adharc
dative adharc
adhairc (archaic, dialectal) 		adharca
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an adharc na hadharca
genitive na hadhairce na n-adharc
dative leis an adharc
leis an adhairc (archaic, dialectal)
don adharc
don adhairc (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na hadharca

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of adharc
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adharc n-adharc hadharc not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 adarc, aiderc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 36, page 20
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 4
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 70, page 30
  5. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 226

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish adarc, aiderc (“horn”).

Pronunciation

Noun

adharc f (genitive singular adhairc, plural adharcan)

  1. horn (growth on an animal's head)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of adharc
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adharc n-adharc h-adharc t-adharc

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 333
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 133

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “adharc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 adarc, aiderc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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