adhar

Irish

Noun

adhar m (genitive singular adhair)

1. Alternative form of oighear (“sore, irritation”)

Declension

Declension of adhar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative adhar Vocative a adhair Genitive adhair Dative adhar

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-adhar Genitive an adhair Dative leis an adhar don adhar

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aer, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

Noun

adhar m (genitive singular adhair)

1. air
2. sky, heaven

Derived terms

• leòsan-adhair (“skylight”)
• mar chloich às an adhar (“out of the blue”)
• port-adhair (“airport”)
• uisge-adhair (“rainwater”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhar	n-adhar	h-adhar	t-adhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “adhar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN