úar

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

  • IPA(key): /uːə̯ɾ/

Noun

úar f

  1. hour, time, occasion

Inflection

Quotations

  • 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.

Descendants

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

Mutation

Mutation of úar
radical lenition nasalization
úar
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-úar

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːa̯ɾ/

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

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

    Synonyms
    • úarda
    Derived terms
    • úarán
    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

      Mutation of úar
      radical lenition nasalization
      úar
      (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)      		 úar n-úar

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

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