urchar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish airchor m, verbal noun of ar·cuirethar (“increase, extend, prolong”),[2] from Proto-Celtic *ɸarekoros. See fo·ceird (“to cast”).

Pronunciation

Noun

urchar m (genitive singular urchair, nominative plural urchair)

  1. shot (act or result of launching a projectile)
  2. (typography) bullet (printed symbol in the form of a solid circle)
  3. round (individual ammunition shell)

Declension

Declension of urchar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative urchar urchair
vocative a urchair a urchara
genitive urchair urchar
dative urchar urchair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-urchar na hurchair
genitive an urchair na n-urchar
dative leis an urchar
don urchar 		leis na hurchair

Derived terms

  • urchar gunna (“gunshot”)
  • urchar millte (“louping ill”)
  • urchar tosaithe (“starting gun”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of urchar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
urchar n-urchar hurchar t-urchar

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

References

References
  1. ^ “urchar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airchor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 357, page 165
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 250, page 125
  5. ^ Ó Máille, T. S. (1974), Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Irish University Press, →ISBN, page 243
  6. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 66, line 1
  7. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 54

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “urċar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1300; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “urchar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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