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Irish
Etymology
From roth (“wheel”) + -ar (collective suffix) .
Pronunciation
Noun
rothar m (genitive singular rothair, nominative plural rothair)
- bicycle
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rothar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rothar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rothar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “rothar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Middle English
Noun
rothar
- Alternative form of rother (“rudder”)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From roth (“wheel”).
Noun
rothar m (genitive singular rothair, plural rotharan)
- cycle
- bagpipe chanter
Derived terms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “rothar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN