adhar

Irish

Noun

adhar m (genitive singular adhair)

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

Declension

Declension of adhar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of adhar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhar	n-adhar	hadhar	t-adhar

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

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.əɾ/

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

Mutation of adhar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhar	n-adhar	h-adhar	t-adhar

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

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