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 *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

Noun

úar f

1. hour, time, occasion
   • 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.

Inflection

• Dative singular: úair

Descendants

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

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
úar	unchanged	n-úar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːa̯rʲ/

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
Notes	*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

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 *yeh₁- (“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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
úar (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-úar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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