iolair

Irish

Noun

iolair m

1. inflection of iolar (“eagle”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• fiolair
• iobhlair

Etymology

From Middle Irish ilar (compare Irish iolar), from Old Irish irar (compare Welsh eryr, Breton erer), from Proto-Celtic *eriros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (“large bird”).

Noun

iolair f (genitive singular iolaire or iolarach or iolrach, plural iolairean)

1. eagle

Derived terms

• iolair-bhàn, iolair-chladaich, iolair-mhara, iolair-riabhach, iolair sùil na gréine (“sea eagle, white-tailed eagle”)
• iolair-bhreac (“greater spotted eagle”)
• iolair-bhuidhe, iolair-mhonaidh (“golden eagle”)
• iolair-dhubh (“golden eagle; ring-tail eagle”)
• iolair-Ghreugach, iolair-thimcheallach (“gier eagle”)
• iolair-iasgaich, iolair-uisge (“osprey”)
• iolair-mhaol (“bald eagle”)
• iolair-shùil (“eagle-eye”)
• iolair-shùileach (“eagle-eyed”, adjective)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “iolair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ilar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language