iolair

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Irish

Noun

iolair m

  1. inflection of iolar (eagle):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of iolair
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iolair n-iolair hiolair not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Iolair.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ilar.[1] Cognates include Irish iolar and Manx urley.

Pronunciation

Noun

iolair f

  1. eagle

Declension

Declension of iolair (class IIb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative iolair iolairean
genitive iolaire, iolair iolairean
dative iolair iolairean; iolairibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) iolair (na) h-iolairean
genitive (na) h-iolaire, h-iolair (nan) iolairean
dative (an) iolair (na) h-iolairean; h-iolairibh
vocative iolair iolairean

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

(obsolete)

Declension of iolair (type Va feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative iolair iolaraichean
genitive iolarach iolaraichean
dative iolair iolaraichean
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) iolair (na) h-iolaraichean
genitive (na) h-iolarach (nan) iolaraichean
dative (an) iolair (na) h-iolaraichean
vocative iolair iolaraichean
Declension of iolair (type Va feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative iolair iolraichean
genitive iolrach iolraichean
dative iolair iolraichean
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) iolair (na) h-iolraichean
genitive (na) h-iolrach (nan) iolraichean
dative (an) iolair (na) h-iolraichean
vocative iolair iolraichean

Derived terms

Mutation

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

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ilar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “iolair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Colin Mark (2003) “iolair”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 360