iar-

See also: iar, iAr, IAR, iâr, íar, and í ár

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish íar (“after”).

Prefix

iar-

1. after-, post-
2. late, ex-
3. west, western

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with iar-

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iar-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 íar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish íar (“after”).

Prefix

iar-

1. post-
2. vice-, deputy

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms prefixed with iar-

References

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