uair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, period”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uəɾʲ/

Noun

uair f (genitive singular uaire, nominative plural uaireanta or uaire)

1. hour
2. time (instance or occurrence)

Usage notes

• Uair has the irregular count plural uaire, which undergoes spontaneous h-prothesis with trí through sé:
  • trí huaire ― three hours; three times
  • cúig huaire ― five hours; five times
  • seacht n-uaire ― seven hours; seven times

Declension

Declension of uair (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative uair uaireanta vocative a uair a uaireanta genitive uaire uaireanta dative uair uaireanta forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an uair na huaireanta genitive na huaire na n-uaireanta dative leis an uair don uair leis na huaireanta

• Alternative plural: uaireanna

Synonyms

• (hour): uair an chloig

Derived terms

• aimpéaruair
• anuair
• athuair
• cá huair
• cén uair
• drochuair
• fo-uair
• nuair
• uaireanta

Mutation

Mutated forms of uair

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uair	n-uair	huair	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “uair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 770
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “uair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle Irish

Noun

uair

1. alternative spelling of úair

Mutation

Mutation of uair

radical	lenition	nasalization
uair (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-uair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

Noun

uair

1. alternative spelling of úair

Mutation

Mutation of uair

radical	lenition	nasalization
uair (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	uair	n-uair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, period”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uəɾʲ/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /uəð/ [ʉəθʲ]

Noun

uair f (genitive singular uarach, plural uairean)

1. hour
2. o'clock
3. time
   1. time (instance or occurrence)

      B’ e a’ chiad uair a chunnaic mi iad.

      That was the first time I saw them.

      Choisinn e ceithir uair ann.

      He walked there four times.

      Seo an uair mu dheireadh a tha mi gad chuideachadh!

      This is the last time I’m helping you!

      uair no dhà ― once or twice

      uair a thìde no dhà ― (for) an hour or two

   2. time (duration of a given day that has passed; moment as indicated by a clock)

      Dè an uair a tha e?

      What time is it?

Synonyms

• (time): àm, tìde, tìm, ùine

Derived terms

• an uair sin (“then (at that time)”)
• corra uair (“occasionally”)
• ge be uair (“whenever”)
• nuair (“when”)
• uair is uair (“time and again”)
• uaireadair (“clock, watch”)
• uaireannan (“sometimes”)
• uaireigin (“sometime”)