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

• Dative singular: úair

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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úar, úair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

Related terms

• úacht
• úaire

Descendants

• Irish: fuar
• Manx: feayr
• Scottish Gaelic: fuar

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

• ór (early)

Synonyms

• (time, occasion): fecht, inam
• (hour, time): tráth

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úar, úair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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.