urchair

Irish

Noun

urchair m

  1. inflection of urchar:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of urchair
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
urchair n-urchair hurchair 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

Etymology

From Old Irish airchor (“cast, shot”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸarekoros. See fo·ceird (“to cast”).

Pronunciation

Noun

urchair f (genitive singular urchaire or urchrach or urchaireach, plural urchraichean)

  1. missile, projectile
  2. shot

Derived terms

  • leig urchair (“fire, shoot at”)
  • urchair chloiche (“stonecast, throw with a stone or hammer”)

Mutation

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

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
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 209
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 231
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 90

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “urchair”, 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), “airchor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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