iolar

See also: Iolar

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔl̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɪlˠəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌlˠəɾˠ/

Etymology 1

iolar

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

Alternative forms

• fiolar (Munster)

Noun

iolar m (genitive singular iolair, nominative plural iolair)

1. eagle

Declension

Declension of iolar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative iolar iolair Vocative a iolair a iolara Genitive iolair iolar Dative iolar iolair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-iolar na hiolair Genitive an iolair na n-iolar Dative leis an iolar don iolar leis na hiolair

Derived terms

• iolar dingearrach (“eaglehawk, wedge-tailed eagle”)
• iolar dúbailte (“double eagle, albatross”)
• iolar fíréan (“golden eagle”)
• iolar hairpí (“harpy eagle”)
• iolar maol (“American eagle, bald eagle”)
• iolar mara (“white-tailed eagle, sea eagle, erne”)
• iolar na Róimhe (“Roman eagle”)

 

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ilar (“a multitude, an abundance, a multiplicity; the plural number”).

Noun

iolar m (genitive singular iolair)

1. (literary) multitude, plurality, abundance; much, many
2. manifold requirements, accessories, furniture

Declension

Declension of iolar

First declension

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

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

Derived terms

• iolar tí (“house furniture”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iolar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ilar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 ilar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language