úir

See also: ùir

Irish

Etymology

Said by Kroonen to be connected with Proto-Germanic *ōra, *ūra- (“ferriferous sand”) (see Dutch oer) and possibly *auraz (“wet earth, mud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːɾʲ/

Etymology 1

Noun

úir f (genitive singular úire)

1. earth, soil

   Synonym: talamh

Declension

Declension of úir

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative úir Vocative a úir Genitive úire Dative úir

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an úir Genitive na húire Dative leis an úir don úir

References

• Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

úir

1. inflection of úr:
   1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
   2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Noun

úir

1. vocative/genitive singular of úr

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
úir	n-úir	húir	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.